Extended abdominoperineal excision vs. standard abdominoperineal excision in rectal cancer-a systematic overview

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1227-1240

  Stelzner, Sigmar ^a,b   Koehler, Carsta ^a   Stelzer, Juliane ^a   Sims, Anja ^a   Witzigmann, Helmut ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominoperineal excision; Extralevator abdominoperineal excisio; Systematic review. Rectal cancer; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE PERFORATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ABDOMEN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PERINEUM; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 80855144144     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-011-1235-3     Document Type: Review

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