Quality of life after surgery for rectal cancer: Do we still need a permanent colostomy?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1160-1167

  Renner, Karl ^a   Rosen, Harald R ^a   Novi, Gabriele ^a   Hölbling, Nikolaus ^a   Schiessel, Rudolf ^a  

^a DANUBE HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Colostomy; Fecal continence; Graciloplasty; Quality of life; Rectal cancer; Sphincter preservation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANAL CANAL; COLOSTOMY; DEFECATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032879872     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02238568     Document Type: Article

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