The anthropometric definition of the rectum is highly variable

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 189-195

  Wasserman, Molly A ^a   McGee, Michael F ^a   Helenowski, Irene B ^a,b   Halverson, Amy L ^a   Boller, Anne Marie ^a   Stryker, Steven J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cancer; Colon; Endoscopy; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANUS; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENTATE LINE; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBORECTALIS MUSCLE; RANK SUM TEST; RECTAL MUSCLE; RECTUM; RECTUM RESECTION; SACRUM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COLONIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; RECTAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84957438930     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-015-2458-5     Document Type: Article

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