The long-term gastrointestinal functional outcomes following curative anterior resection in adults with rectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1589-1597

  Scheer, Adena S ^a   Boushey, Robin P ^a   Liang, Shuyin ^b   Doucette, Steve ^c   O'Connor, Annette M ^a   Moher, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior resection; Gastrointestinal function; Rectal cancer; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; FECES INCONTINENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; CONVALESCENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUM TUMOR; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855174409     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e3182214f11     Document Type: Article

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