Surgical specialist registrars can safely perform resections for carcinoma of the rectum

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 389-392

  Tytherleigh, Matthew ^a   Wheeler, James ^a   Birks, Meg ^a   Farouk, Ridzuan ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Supervised rectal resection; Surgical specialist registrars

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINEUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM RESECTION; REGISTRATION; SAFETY; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; WOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036842437     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588402760978175     Document Type: Article

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