Magnetic resonance imaging pelvimetry in 186 patients with rectal cancer confirms an overlap in pelvic size between males and females

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 772-776

  Salerno, G ^a   Daniels, I R ^a   Brown, G ^b   Heald, R J ^a   Moran, B J ^a  

^a NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female; Magnetic resonance imaging; Male; Pelvimetry; Rectalcancer; Staging; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIMETRY; PELVIS SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 33749619484     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.01090.x     Document Type: Article

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