Results of treatment of distal rectal carcinoma since the introduction of total mesorectal excision: A single unit experience, 1994-2003

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-230

  Chiappa, Antonio A ^a   Biffi, Roberto ^a   Zbar, Andrew P ^b   Luca, Fabrizio ^a   Crotti, Cristiano ^a   Bertani, Emilio ^a   Biella, Francesca ^a   Zampino, Giulia ^a   Orecchia, Roberto ^a   Fazio, Nicola ^a   Venturino, Marco ^a   Crosta, Cristiano ^a   Pruneri, Gian Carlo ^a   Grassi, Carmine ^a   Andreoni, Bruno ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Rectal cancer; Recurrence; Surgery; Survival; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM ANASTOMOSIS; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM SURGERY; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA; COLON; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20244390610     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-004-0670-9     Document Type: Article

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