Positioning the patient for abdominoperineal excision of the rectum (APER)

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 281-

  Ray, S ^a   Mackie, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ANUS TUMOR; ARTICLE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LITHOTOMY; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PELVIS; PERINEUM; RECTUM SURGERY; RECTUM TUMOR; SUPINE POSITION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TILTING;

EID: 0038637338     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588403766275042     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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