Rectal cancer: The impact of a colorectal unit on the preservation of the anal sphincter

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 471-473

  Heldenberg, Eitan ^a   Vishne, Tal H ^b,c,d   Onaka, Niko ^a   Dreznik, Zeev ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abdominoperineal resection; Colorectal surgeon; Colorectal unit; Low anterior resection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SURGICAL WARD;

AGED; ANAL CANAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444304532     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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