Risk factors for anastomotic leakage after rectal cancer surgery: a case‐control study

Pia Jestin,Lars Påhlman,Ulf Gunnarsson

Risk factors for anastomotic leakage after rectal cancer surgery: a case‐control study

2008

Pia Jestin
Lars Påhlman
Ulf Gunnarsson

BACKGROUND: With introduction of the total mesorectal excision technique and preoperative radiotherapy in rectal cancer surgery, the local recurrence rate has decreased and the overall survival has ...

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Total mesorectal excision
Anastomosis
Colorectal cancer
Odds ratio
Case-control study
Colectomy
Epidemiology
Radiation therapy
Surgery
Medicine
Multivariate analysis
Intensive care unit
Risk factor
Adverse effect

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