Immediate postoperative 5-FU does not decrease colonic anastomotic strength

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 125-127

  Yazdi, G Paul ^a,b   Miedema, Brent W ^a,b,c   Humphrey, Loren ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c University Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Colonic anastomosis; Colorectal cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGMOID; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BIOMECHANICS; COLON; FLUOROURACIL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW;

EID: 0031737641     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199811)69:3<125::AID-JSO2>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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