Reconstruction of the pelvic floor using absorbable mesh with a bioresorbable membrane (Seprafilm®) after abdominoperineal rectal excision

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 261-262

  Kusunoki, Masato ^a   Yanagi, Hidenori ^a   Shoji, Yasutsugu ^a   Noda, Masafumi ^a   Ikeuchi, Hiroki ^a   Yamamura, Takehira ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOBRANE; HYALURONIC ACID; POLYGLACTIN;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PELVIC FLOOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 0032917792     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199904)70:4<261::AID-JSO13>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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