Options for sphincter preservation in surgery for low rectal cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 922-933

  Tytherleigh, M G ^a   Mortensen, N J McC ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS SPHINCTER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; COLOSTOMY; HUMAN; ILEUM POUCH; RECTUM ANASTOMOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGMOID; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANAL CANAL; ANASTOMOSIS; COLON RESECTION; METHODOLOGY; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; RECTUM TUMOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ANAL CANAL; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLECTOMY; COLOSTOMY; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROCTOCOLECTOMY, RESTORATIVE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0042885842     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4296     Document Type: Review

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