Complete mesocolic excision-A marker of surgical quality?

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1889-1891

  Hogan, Aisling M ^a   Winter, Des C ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Complete mesocolic excision; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

COLON RESECTION; COLON TUMOR; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MESENTERY; METHODOLOGY; RECTUM TUMOR; STANDARD;

COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MESENTERY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70350395387     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-009-0976-6     Document Type: Editorial

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