A randomized multicenter trial to compare long-term functional outcome, quality of life, and complications of surgical procedures for low rectal cancers

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 481-488

  Fazio, Victor W ^a   Zutshi, Massarat ^a   Remzi, Feza H ^a   Parc, Yann ^b   Ruppert, Reinhard ^c   Fürst, Alois ^d   Celebrezze Jr , James ^e   Galanduik, Susan ^f   Orangio, Guy ^g   Hyman, Neil ^h   Bokey, Leslie ⁱ   Tiret, Emmanuel ^b   Kirchdorfer, Boris ^c   Medich, David ^e   Tietze, Marcus ^d   Hull, Tracy ^a   Hammel, Jeff ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^c Krankenhaus Neuperlach   (Germany)

^d Caritas St Josef Medical Centre   (Germany)

^e ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^g Georgia Colon and Rectal Surgical Clinic   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DISEASE; COLON FISTULA; COLON STRICTURE; COLONIC J POUCH; COLOPLASTY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE SURGERY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POUCH FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SHORT FORM 36; STRAIGHT ANASTOMOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLONIC POUCHES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCTOCOLECTOMY, RESTORATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548150014     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181485617     Document Type: Article

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