Defunctioning stoma reduces symptomatic anastomotic leakage after low anterior resection of the rectum for cancer: A randomized multicenter trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-214

  Matthiessen, Peter ^a   Hallböök, Olof ^c   Rutegård, Jörgen ^a   Simert, Göran ^b,d   Sjödahl, Rune ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Höglandssjukhuset ^*  (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Höglandssjukhuset Eksjö   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANASTOMOTIC LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOSTOMY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFUNCTIONING LOOP STOMA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM ANASTOMOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; REOPERATION; STROMA; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547578678     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3180603024     Document Type: Article

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