Anterior Perineal PlanE for ultra-low Anterior Resection of the rectum (the APPEAR technique): A prospective clinical trial of a new procedure

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 247, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 750-758

  Williams, Norman S ^a,b   Murphy, Jamie ^a   Knowles, Charles H ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFECATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; MALE; PERINEUM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM SURGERY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; COHORT STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERINEUM; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42549141609     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31816b2ee3     Document Type: Article

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