Is early post-operative treatment with 5-fluorouracil possible without affecting anastomotic strength in the intestine?

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 545-550

  Van Der Kolk, B M ^a   De Man, B M ^a   Wobbes, T ^a   Hendriks, T ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Fluorouracil; Healing; Intestine; Rat; Strength

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; HYDROXYPROLINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ILEUM; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; INTESTINE CANCER; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WOUND HEALING;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; COLON; FLUOROURACIL; ILEUM; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RATS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032927559     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690086     Document Type: Article

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