Population-based study of risk factors for postoperative death after anterior resection of the rectum
Open Access
- 20 February 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 93 (4), 498-503
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.5282
Abstract
Anastomotic leak is the most important cause of deathKeywords
Funding Information
- Research Committee, Örebro County Council
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