Does Rectal Washout during Anterior Resection Prevent Local Tumor Recurrence?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-296

  Agaba, Emmanuel A ^a,b  

^a Castlehill Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Local recurrence; Rectal washout

Indexed keywords

CETRIMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER MORTALITY; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTAL WASHOUT; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; REVIEW; SIGMOID; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CETRIMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; IRRIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM SEEDING;

EID: 1442275284     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-003-0046-1     Document Type: Review

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