Is sphincter preservation reasonable in all patients with rectal cancer?

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-432

  Fischer, Angela ^a   Tarantino, Ignazio ^a   Warschkow, René ^a   Lange, Jochen ^a   Zerz, Andreas ^a   Hetzer, Franc H ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abdomino perineal extirpation; Rectal cancer; Sphincter preservation; Ultralow anterior resection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULL THROUGH OPERATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; STENOSIS; STOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRALOW ANTERIOR RESECTION;

AGED; ANAL CANAL; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL STOMAS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 77953293238     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-010-0876-y     Document Type: Article

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