Effect of the introduction of total mesorectal excision for the treatment of rectal cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 526-529

  Carlsen, E ^a   Schlichting, E ^a   Guldvog, I ^a   Johnson, E ^a   Heald, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CANCER; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031947328     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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