Should 'doughnut' histology be routinely performed following anterior resection for rectal cancer?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-27

  Speake, W J ^a   Abercrombie, J F ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior resection; Doughnuts; Histopathology; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPLER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; HUMANS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL STAPLING;

EID: 0037229238     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588403321001381     Document Type: Article

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