Total mesorectal excision: The unrecognized pelvic plane

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 280-284

  Koh, Poh Koon ^a   Seow Choen, Francis ^a,b   Kwek, Boon Han ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Rectal cancer; Surgical technique; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32344433426     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-005-0248-9     Document Type: Article

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