Anastomotic leakage after surgery for rectal cancer: A risk factor for local recurrence, distant metastasis and reduced cancer-specific survival?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 272-283

  Jorgren F ^a   Johansson, R ^b   Damber, L ^b   Lindmark, G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Anterior resection; Neoplasm metastasis; Neoplasm recurrence; Rectal neoplasm; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79951533186     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.02136.x     Document Type: Article

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