Laparoscopic Colonic Resection for Rectosigmoid Colonic Tumours: A Retrospective Analysis and Comparison with Open Resection

Indian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 318-322

  Prakash, Kurumboor ^a   Varma, Deepak ^a   Rajan, Mahendra ^a   Kamlesh, Naduthottam Palanisamy ^a   Zacharias, Prakash ^a   Narayanan, Ramesh Ganesh ^a   Philip, Mathew ^a  

^a PVS Memorial Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Colonic resection; Colorectal malignancy; Laparoscopic surgery; Rectosigmoid

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650169086     PISSN: 09722068     EISSN: 09739793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12262-010-0119-z     Document Type: Article

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