A pilot study of factors influencing bowel function after colorectal anastomosis

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 744-749

  Graf, Wilhelm ^a   Ekström, Karin ^a   Glimelius, Bengt ^a   Påhlman, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fecal incontinence; Preoperative radiotherapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; BLEEDING; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLON; DEFECATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SURGICAL STAPLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030016027     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02054438     Document Type: Conference Paper

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