A comparison of open vs. laparoscopic abdominal rectopexy for full-thickness rectal prolapse: A meta-analysis

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1930-1940

  Purkayastha, Sanjay ^a   Tekkis, Paris ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a   Aziz, Omer ^a   Paraskevas, Paraskeva ^a   Ziprin, Paul ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Meta analysis; Rectal prolapse; Rectopexy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PROCTOPEXY; RANDOMIZATION; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLICATION BIAS; RECTAL PROLAPSE; RECURRENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26444567401     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-005-0077-x     Document Type: Article

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