title: Preexisting disease as a predictor of the outcome of colectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fallahzadeh
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Mays
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003082:Colectomy / Q000401:mortality* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome