Laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery: Where do we stand?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 46, 2012, Pages 6747-6755

  Krane, Mukta K ^a   Fichera, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominoperineal resection; Anterior resection; Laparoscopy; Rectal cancer; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84877777245     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i46.6747     Document Type: Article

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