Use of a Pfannenstiel incision in minimally invasive colorectal cancer surgery is associated with a lower risk of wound complications

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-132

  Orcutt, S T ^a   Balentine, C J ^a   Marshall, C L ^a   Robinson, C N ^a   Anaya, D A ^a   Artinyan, A ^a   Awad, S S ^a   Berger, D H ^a   Albo, D ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Minimally invasive; Pfannenstiel; Wound complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PFANNENSTIEL INCISION; RECTUM RESECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HAND-ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863471333     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: 1128045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-012-0808-7     Document Type: Article

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