Perineal rectosigmoidectomy (Altemeier's procedure): A review of physiology, technique and outcome

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-116

  Zbar, A P ^a   Takashima, S ^b   Hasegawa, T ^b   Kitabayashi, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Altemeier's procedure; Rectosigmoidectomy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OPERATION DURATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIANAL ABSCESS; PERINEAL RECTOSIGMOIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROCTOPEXY; RECTUM PROLAPSE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLON, SIGMOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERINEUM; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECTAL PROLAPSE; RECTUM;

EID: 0036746789     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101510200024     Document Type: Review

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