Extrafascial excision of the rectum for rectal cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 809-812

  Hill, G L ^a   Rafique, M ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031810090     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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