Impact of pelvic radiotherapy on morbidity and durability of sphincter preservation after coloanal anastomosis for rectal cancers

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-37

  Hassan, Imran ^a   Larson, David W ^a   Wolff, Bruce G ^a   Cima, Robert R ^a   Chua, Heidi K ^a   Hahnloser, Dieter ^a   O'Byrne, Megan M ^a   Larson, Dirk R ^a   Pemberton, John H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coloanal anastomosis; Colostomy free survival; Complications; Pelvic radiotherapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; COLOSTOMY; COLOSTOMY FREE SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PELVIC RADIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLON; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349058249     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-9099-x     Document Type: Article

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