Results of laparoscopic versus open resections for non-early rectal cancer in patients with a minimum follow-up of four years

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 49, Issue 47, 2002, Pages 1185-1190

  Lezoche, Emanuele ^a   Feliciotti, Francesco ^a   Paganini, Alessandro M ^a   Guerrieri, Mario ^a   De Sanctis, Angelo ^a   Campagnacci, Roberto ^a   D'Ambrosio, Gianfranco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic rectal resection; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036376744     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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