Anal pressures impaired by stapler insertion during colorectal anastomosis: A randomized, controlled trial

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-95

  Ho, Yik Hong ^a   Tan, Margaret ^a   Leong, Adrian ^a   Eu, Kong Weng ^a   Nyam, Denis ^a   Seow Choen, Francis ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Colon; Continence; Large intestine; Physiology; Rectum; Surgical techniques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS CONTINENCE; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STAPLER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANAL CANAL; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLON, SIGMOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; RECTUM; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL STAPLERS;

EID: 0032923326     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02235189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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