Letter 4: Randomized clinical trial comparing laparoscopic and open surgery in patients with rectal cancer (Br J Surg 2009; 96: 982-989)

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1494-1495

  Khan, S ^a   Zadeh, R ^a   MacFie, J ^a  

^a SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONVALESCENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LETTER; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER;

HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 72249093352     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6926     Document Type: Letter

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