Laparoscopic total mesorectal excision for rectal cancers

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 517-518

  Liang, Jin Tung ^a   Lai, Horng Shiee ^a   Lee, Po Huang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic surgery; Rectal cancer; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISSECTION; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; EXCISION; FASCIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEOSTOMY; ILEUS; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LIGAMENT; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PELVIS CANCER; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; RECURRENT CANCER; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TAIWAN; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 33645335491     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-005-0325-0     Document Type: Article

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