Rectal cancer surgery : Defunctioning stoma, anastomotic leakage and postoperative monitoring

The understanding of the mesorectal spread in rectal cancer has lead to wide acceptance of total mesorectal excision (TME) as the surgical technique of choice for carcinoma in the lower and mid rectum. While oncological results and survival have improved with TME-surgery, morbidity and mortality rem...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matthiessen, Peter
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Linköpings universitet, Kirurgi 2006
Subjects:
TME
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-7695
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:91-85497-80-0