High tie versus low tie of the inferior mesenteric artery in colorectal cancer: A RCT is needed

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Cirocchi, Roberto ^a   Trastulli, Stefano ^a   Farinella, Eriberto ^b   Desiderio, Jacopo ^a   Vettoretto, Nereo ^c   Parisi, Amilcare ^d   Boselli, Carlo ^a   Noya, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b LUTON AND DUNSTABLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Laparoscopic Surgical Unit   (Italy)

^d Hospital of Terni   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; High tie; IMA; Inferior mesenteric artery; Low tie; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIGATION; MESENTERIC ARTERY, INFERIOR; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864673093     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: 18793320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2012.04.004     Document Type: Review

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