Clinical effects of preoperative radiation therapy on anorectal function after proctectomy and colonic J-pouch-anal anastomosis

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1635-1640

  Dehni, Nidal ^a   McNamara, Deborah A ^a   Schlegel, Rodulfo D ^a   Guiguet, Marguerite ^a   Tiret, Emmanuel ^a   Parc, Rolland ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Bowel function; Coloanal anastomosis; Colonic reservoir; Colorectal neoplasm; Preoperative radiotherapy; Proctectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION DISORDER; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEOANAL ANASTOMOSIS; ILEUM POUCH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANAL CANAL; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLON; COLONIC POUCHES; DIARRHEA; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036904742     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-7251-4     Document Type: Article

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