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December 15, 2012Daehan nae'si'gyeong bog'gang'gyeong oe'gwa haghoeji/Journal of minimally invasive surgeryOpen Access

Can Elderly Patients Older than 75 Years with Colorectal Cancer Tolerate Planned Laparoscopic Surgery?

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KLKang-San LeeDaegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and TechnologyYKYoung Wan KimYonsei UniversityJKJoo Hee KimYonsei University

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Supports laparoscopic colorectal resection in select elderly patients; leaves open need for randomized trials to guide broader adoption.

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Lee et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a756fa41646b2abe50372b3https://doi.org/10.7602/jmis.2012.15.4.126
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