Functional outcomes after anterior resection for rectal cancer

Clinical and Experimental Medical Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-196

  Mik, Michał ^a   Narbutt, Piotr ^a   Tchórzewski, Marcin ^a   Dziki, Adam ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anorectal function; Rectal cancer; Sexual dysfunctions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; DYSPAREUNIA; EJACULATION DISORDER; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINARY URGENCY; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

EID: 77953433238     PISSN: 18952089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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