The 4-portal technique decreases adverse effects in preoperative radiotherapy for advanced rectal cancer: comparison between the 2-portal and the 4-portal techniques

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 542-548

  Kiyomatsu, Tomomichi ^a   Watanabe, Toshiaki ^a   Muto, Tetsuichiro ^b   Nagawa, Hirokazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leakage; Morbidity; Mortality; Portal technique; Preoperative radiotherapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM CANCER; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548427277     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.01.030     Document Type: Article

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