Techniques for restoring bowel continuity and function after rectal cancer surgery

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 39, 2006, Pages 6252-6260

  Ho, Yik Hong ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Rectal cancer; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON MOTILITY; COLON POUCH; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; DEFECATION; DESCENDING COLON; EDITORIAL; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; HEALING; HUMAN; INTESTINE ADAPTATION; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULL THROUGH OPERATION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECURRENCE RISK; SIDE TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; SIGMOID; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 33750822784     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6252     Document Type: Editorial

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