Anterior resection versus abdominoperineal resection for cancer of the rectum and rectosigmoid. An analysis of 524 cases.
D000005:Abdomen; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000150:complications; D010537:Peritoneum; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*