Patient and hospital factors associated with use of sphincter-sparing surgery for rectal cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-120

  Paquette, Ian M ^a   Kemp, Jason A ^a   Finlayson, Samuel R G ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominoperineal resection; Colostomy; Hospital volume; Rectal cancer; Sphincter preservation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL VOLUME; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPHINCTER SPARING SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ANAL CANAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; RECTUM TUMOR; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ANAL CANAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCTOCOLECTOMY, RESTORATIVE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77449152914     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181bc98a1     Document Type: Article

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