Who performs proctectomy for rectal cancer in the United States?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1210-1215

  Ricciardi, Rocco ^a   Roberts, Patricia L ^a   Read, Thomas E ^a   Baxter, Nancy N ^b   Marcello, Peter W ^a   Schoetz, David J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominoperineal resection; Colostomy; Neoplasm; Rectal cancer; Sphincter; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROCTOCOLECTOMY, RESTORATIVE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052712148     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31822867a5     Document Type: Article

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