Objective assessment of morbidity and quality of life after surgery for low rectal cancer
- 22 January 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Colorectal Disease
- Vol. 4 (1) , 61-66
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-1318.2002.00300.x
Abstract
Objective To determine whether an anterior resection for low rectal cancer is associated with less morbidity and a better quality of life than an abdominoperineal resection. Patients and methods F...Keywords
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