Complete mesocolic excision is the new kid on the block

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1083-1084

  Engel, Alexander ^a  

^a ZAANS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPLETE MESOCOLIC EXCISION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EXCISION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESOCOLON;

EID: 80053074366     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02733.x     Document Type: Editorial

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