Colostomy vs tube cecostomy for protection of a low anastomosis in rectal cancer

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1385-1388

  Tschmelitsch, Joerg ^a   Wykypiel, Heinz ^a   Prommegger, Rupert ^a   Bodner, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CECOSTOMY; COLOSTOMY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0032714936     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.134.12.1385     Document Type: Article

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