Irrigation volume determines the efficacy of "rectal washout"

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1706-1710

  Maeda, Koutarou ^a,b   Maruta, Morito ^a   Hanai, Tsunekazu ^a   Sato, Harunobu ^a   Horibe, Yoshimune ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anastomotic recurrence; Exfoliated cancer cells; Irrigation of the remnant rectum; Malignant cell implantation; Rectal washout; Surgery for rectal cancer; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PROCTOSCOPE; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM;

EID: 4944259104     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0659-z     Document Type: Article

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