Colovaginal anastomosis: A unique complication of end-to-end anastomosis stapler use in low anterior resection

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1023-1026

  Cuenca, Rosa E ^a   Valle, Alvaro ^a   Weber, Thomas ^a   Rodriguez Bigas, Miguel ^a   Petrelli, Nicholas J ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; STAPLER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL STAPLING; VAGINA;

EID: 0031760441     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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