Abdomino-perineal resection for anal cancer: Impact of a vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneus flap on survival, recurrence, morbidity, and wound healing

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 250, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 707-710

  Lefevre, Jérémie H ^a   Parc, Yann ^a   Kernéis, Solen ^b   Shields, Conor ^a   Touboul, Emmanuel ^c   Chaouat, Marc ^d   Tiret, Emmanuel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b University Paris v ^*  (France)

^c HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HERNIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OMENTOPLASTY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTICAL RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PERINEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 70449413496     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181bce334     Document Type: Article

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