Rectal cancer: Involved circumferential resection margin - A root cause analysis

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 470-474

  Youssef, Haney ^a,e   Collantes, E C ^b   Rashid, S H ^c   Wong, L S ^d   Baragwanath, P ^d  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CRM; Multidisciplinary team; Rectal cancer; Rectal staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 66049090364     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01640.x     Document Type: Article

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