Outcome of argon beam and LASER ablation of large rectal adenomas

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 107-110

  Adedeji, O A ^b   Allison, S I ^b   Varma, J S ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endoscopic ablation; Outcome; Rectal adenoma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE STENOSIS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ADENOMA; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM POLYP; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0036227713     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.2002.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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