Postoperative irradiation for rectal cancer increases the risk of small bowel obstruction after surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 245, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 553-559

  Baxter, Nancy N ^a,b   Hartman, Lacey K ^c   Tepper, Joel E ^e   Ricciardi, Rocco ^f   Durham, Sara B ^c   Virnig, Beth A ^c,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE; RECTUM CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34147096364     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000250432.35369.65     Document Type: Article

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