Trans-sacral (Kraske) approach for gastrointestinal stromal tumour of the lower rectum: Old procedure for a new disease

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 951-952

  Gervaz, Pascal ^a,b   Huber, O ^a   Bucher, P ^a   Sappino, P ^b   Morel, P ^a  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 54949140020     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01489.x     Document Type: Article

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