A prospective evaluation of anorectal function after total mesorectal excision in patients with a rectal carcinoma

Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-65

  Van Duijvendijk, Peter ^a   Slors, Frederik ^a   Taat, Carlo W ^a   Heisterkamp, Siem H ^a   Obertop, Hugo ^a   Boeckxstaens, Guy E E ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL FUNCTION; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MALE; MANOMETRY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM SURGERY; SIGMOID;

EID: 0037271016     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/msy.2003.3     Document Type: Article

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