Focus on extralevator perineal dissection in supine position for low rectal cancer has led to better quality of surgery and oncologic outcome

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 786-793

  Martijnse, Ingrid S ^a   Dudink, Ralph L ^a   West, Nicholas P ^b   Wasowicz, Dareczka ^a   Nieuwenhuijzen, Grard A ^a   Van Lijnschoten, Ineke ^c   Martijn, Hendrik ^a   Lemmens, Valery E ^d   Van De Velde, Cornelis J ^e   Nagtegaal, Iris D ^f   Quirke, Phil ^b   Rutten, Harm J ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Stichting Laboratoria voor Pathologie en Medische Microbiologie   (Netherlands)

^d The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINEUM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUM CANCER; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SUPINE POSITION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSECTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM TUMOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PERINEUM; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 84860473846     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-2004-9     Document Type: Article

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