Surgical treatment of familial adenomatous polyposis: ileoretal anastomosis or restorative proctolectomy? Tratamento cirúrgico da polipose adenomatosa familiar: anastomose íleo-retal ou bolsa ileal?

CONTEXT: Controversy regarding the best operative choice for familial adenomatous polyposis lays between the morbidity of restorative proctocolectomy and the supposed mortality due to rectal cancer after ileorectal anastomosis. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate operative complications and oncological outcome...

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Main Authors: Fábio Guilherme Campos, Rodrigo Oliva Perez, Antônio Rocco Imperiale, Víctor Edmond Seid, Sérgio Carlos Nahas, Ivan Cecconello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2009-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032009000400009