Complications of absorbable pelvic mesh slings following surgery for rectal carcinoma

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1336-1341

  Beitler, Alan ^a   Rodriguez Bigas, Miguel A ^a   Weber, Thomas K ^a   Lee, R Jeffrey ^a   Cuenca, Rosa ^a   Petrelli, Nicholas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Mesh; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PELVIS SURGERY; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 0030663750     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02050819     Document Type: Conference Paper

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