Robot-assisted rectal cancer surgery deserves a fair trial

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 824-825

  de'Angelis, N ^a   Portigliotti, L ^b   Brunetti, F ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAL CANAL PRESSURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FECES INCONTINENCE DEVICE; FIBROUS CAPSULE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAGNETIC ANAL SPHINCTER; MAGNETIC ANAL TAMPON; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE AND TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RECTAL PRESSURE; RECTUM SURGERY; SPHINCTEROTOMY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; FEMALE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URINATION DISORDERS;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 84938819761     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.13062     Document Type: Letter

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