Risk factors for anastomotic leakage after rectal cancer surgery: A case-control study

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 715-721

  Jestin, Pia ^a   Pahlman L ^a   Gunnarsson, U ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leakage; Case control study; Epidemiology; Hospital category; Rectal cancer; Surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM SURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 50349095272     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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