Defunctioning colostomy for low anterior resection: A selective approach

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 1331-1332

  Grabham, J A ^a   Moran, B J ^a   Lane, R H S ^a  

^a ROYAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLOSTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM RESECTION; STOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0028828106     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800821011     Document Type: Article

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