Utility of the omentum in pelvic floor reconstruction following resection of anorectal malignancy: Patient selection, technical caveats, and clinical outcomes

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 559-562

  Hultman, Charles S ^a   Sherrill, Matthew A ^a   Halvorson, Eric G ^a   Lee, Clara N ^a   Boggess, John F ^a   Meyers, Michael O ^a   Calvo, Benjamin A ^a   Kim, Hong J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominoperineal resection; Omental flap; Pelvic exenteration; Pelvic floor reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANUS TUMOR; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OMENTUM; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIS EXENTERATION; PELVIS FLOOR; PERINEUM; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUM TUMOR; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ANUS NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OMENTUM; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIC EXENTERATION; PELVIC FLOOR; PERINEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951764764     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181ce3947     Document Type: Conference Paper

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