Open AccessConservative Surgery for Low Rectal Carcinoma After High-Dose Radiation Functional and Oncologic Results
Author(s) -
Philippe Rouanet,
J Fabré,
JeanBernard Dubois,
F. Dravet,
Bernadette Aubert,
J Pradel,
Marc Ychou,
C Solassol,
H Pujol
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199501000-00008
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , rectum , radiation therapy , anastomosis , carcinoma , colorectal cancer , prospective cohort study , sphincter , anal cancer , cancer
Using a prospective, nonrandomized study, the authors evaluated the morbidity and functional and oncologic results of conservative surgery for cancer of the lower third of the rectum after high-dose radiation.