Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) vs radical surgery (RS) in the treatment of rectal cancer: Indications, limitations, prospectives. A review

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 374-380

  Paul, M ^a   Menenakos, C ^a   Zieren, Jürgen ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Radical surgery; Rectal cancer; TEM; Transanal endoscopic microsurgery

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; PROCTOSCOPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39149145909     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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