Gender differences in pelvic anatomy and effects on rectal cancer surgery

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 56, Issue 89, 2009, Pages 111-115

  Seike, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Koda, Keiji ^a   Oda, Kenji ^a   Kosugi, Chihiro ^a   Shimizu, Kimio ^a   Miyazaki, Masaru ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Odawara City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gender difference; Levator ani muscle; Low anterior resection; Pelvic capacity; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC BONE; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64949162112     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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