Sigmoidofiberscopic incision plus balloon dilatation for anastomotic cicatricial stricture after anterior resection of the rectum

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 717-720

  Hagiwara, Akeo ^a   Sakakura, Chouhei ^a   Shirasu, Morio ^a   Torii, Tsuyoshi ^b   Hirata, Youichi ^c   Yamagishi, Hisakazu ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Torii Clinic   (Japan)

^c Inoshita Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTESTINE STENOSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUM RESECTION; SCAR FORMATION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BALLOON DILATATION; CICATRIX; COLOSTOMY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEFECATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPY; FECES; FIBER OPTICS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SAFETY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0032970659     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012375     Document Type: Article

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