Quality of life after total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-22

  Gosselink, M P ^a   Busschbach, J J ^a   Dijkhuis, C M ^b   Stassen, L P ^c   Hop, W C ^a   Schouten, W Rudolph ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Oosterschelde Hospital   (Netherlands)

^c REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominoperineal resection (APR); Colo anal J pouch anastomosis (CPA); Low colo rectal anastomosis (LRA); Quality of life; Rectal cancer; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644866880     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2005.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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