Validating the Use of Rectus Muscle Fragment Welding to Control Presacral Bleeding during Rectal Mobilization

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-21

  Ayuste Jr , Eduardo ^a   Roxas, Manuel Francisco T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL; BURN; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PELVIS SURGERY; PERIOSTEUM; PHILIPPINES; RECTUM; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RECTUS MUSCLE FRAGMENT WELDING; SACRUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346334831     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60238-4     Document Type: Article

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