Current status of laparoscopic total mesorectal excision

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 230-241

  Gopall, Jayprakash ^a   Shen, Xiong Fei ^a   Cheng, Yong ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic surgery; Rectal cancer; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856094570     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.03.011     Document Type: Review

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