Treatment of early rectal tumours by transanal endoscopic microsurgery in Hong Kong: Prospective study

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 239-243

  Meng, W C S ^a   Lau, P Y Y ^a   Yip, A W C ^a  

^a KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Microsurgery; Proctoscopy; Rectal neoplasms; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM TUMOR; SAFETY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSANAL ENDOSCOPIC MICROSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; URINE RETENTION; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

ADENOMA, VILLOUS; AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCTOSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4043140003     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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