Laparoscopic total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer surgery

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-141

  Marescaux, Jacques ^a   Rubino, Francesco ^a   Leroy, Joel ^a  

^a IRCAD   (France)

Author keywords

Definition and principles; Laparoscopic total mesorectal excision; Rectal cancer surgery; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; CAUTERIZATION; COLON RESECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL TIME;

HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM;

EID: 29144463216     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088595     Document Type: Review

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