Laparoscopic lower anterior resection is equivalent to laparotomy for lower rectal cancer at the distal line of resection

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-98

  Ichihara, Takao ^a   Nagahata, Yoshi ^b   Nomura, Hideaki ^a   Fukumoto, Satosi ^a   Urakawa, Tomoaki ^c   Aoyama, Nobuo ^a   Kuroda, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Mitsubishi Kobe Hospital   (Japan)

^c Department of Surgery (TU)   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM, ARTIFICIAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SURGICAL STAPLERS;

EID: 0034109069     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(00)00273-7     Document Type: Article

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