Emergency surgery for colorectal cancer does not affect nodal harvest comparing elective procedures: a propensity score-matched analysis.

Gianluca CostaLaura LorenzonGiulia MassaBarbara FrezzaMario FerriPietro FransveaPaolo MercantiniMaria Cristina GiustinianiGenoveffa Balducci

Published in: International journal of colorectal disease (2017)

Emergency CRC resections were equivalent to the elective procedures with respect to LNH. However, emergency surgery correlated with a longer mean hospital stay. Graphical abstract Emergency and Elective resections for CRC provide similar LNH.

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