Quality of life following rectal cancer resection: Pros and cons of sphincter preservation

Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-92

  Del Frari, Barbara ^a   Tschmelitsch, Joerg ^a  

^a KH der Barmherzigen Brueder St Veit ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Rectal cancer; Sphincter preservation

Indexed keywords

ANUS SPHINCTER; CANCER SURGERY; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLOSTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036202520     PISSN: 15310043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-23572     Document Type: Review

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