Evaluation of quality indicators following implementation of total mesorectal excision in primarily resected rectal cancer changed future management

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 903-909

  Schneider, Paul M ^a,b   Vallbohmer, Daniel ^a   Ploenes, Yvonne ^a   Lurje, Georg ^a   Metzger, Ralf ^a   Ling, Frederike C ^a   Brabender, Jan ^a   Drebber, Uta ^a   Hoelscher, Arnulf H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Rectal cancer; Surgical therapy; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEOSTOMY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80051601026     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-011-1155-2     Document Type: Article

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