Rectal Cancer Surgery: Optimisation - Standardisation - Documentation [Hardcover]

Odd Soreide (Editor), Jarle Norstein (Editor)

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Publication Date: December 23, 1996 | ISBN-10: 3540615660 | ISBN-13: 978-3540615668 | Edition: 1

Rectal cancer is a major killer. Most of those dying after curative surgery suffer from recurrent disease in the pelvis. Local recurrence is also the only site of failure in up to 50% of patients. A disturbing fact is that the local recurrence rate shows considerably surgeon-related variances. There is now strong evidence that optimizing surgical technique by adopting the principle of total mesorectal excision (TME) will reduce local failure rate, increase the use of sphincter-saving operations, and improve functional results. Surgeons applying this surgical principle will consistently achieve similarly low recurrence rates.

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } Rectal cancer is a major killer. Most of those dying after curative surgery suffer from recurrent disease in the pelvis. Local recurrence is also the only site of failure in up to 50% of patients. A disturbing fact is that the local recurrence rate shows considerably surgeon-related variances. There is now strong evidence that optimizing surgical technique by adopting the principle of total mesorectal excision (TME) will reduce local failure rate, increase the use of sphincter-saving operations, and improve functional results. Surgeons applying this surgical principle will consistently achieve similarly low recurrence rates.

Product Details

Hardcover: 457 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (December 23, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3540615660
ISBN-13: 978-3540615668
Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.8 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,529,349 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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