Predicting risk and diminishing the consequences of anastomotic dehiscence following rectal resection
- 15 August 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Colorectal Disease
- Vol. 5 (5) , 478-482
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-1318.2003.00515.x
Abstract
Anastomotic dehiscence is a serious, life‐threatening complication of any rectal anastomosis and may be associated with an increased risk of local cancer recurrence. The leak rate following low anter...Keywords
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