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The Impact of Heavy Smoking on Anastomotic Leakage and Stricture After Low Anterior Resection in Rec...

The Impact of Heavy Smoking on Anastomotic Leakage and Stricture After Low Anterior Resection in Rec...

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The Impact of Heavy Smoking on Anastomotic Leakage and Stricture After Low Anterior Resection in Rectal Cancer Patients

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Full title

The Impact of Heavy Smoking on Anastomotic Leakage and Stricture After Low Anterior Resection in Rectal Cancer Patients

Publisher

New York: Springer-Verlag

Journal title

World journal of surgery, 2011-12, Vol.35 (12), p.2806-2810

Language

English

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Publisher

New York: Springer-Verlag

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Contents

Background
Anastomotic complications after low anterior resection are associated with perianastomotic ischemia. Smoking is one of the main causes of microvascular disease that is correlated with tissue ischemia. The purpose of the present study was to assess the impact of smoking on anastomotic complications after low anterior resection in recta...

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Full title

The Impact of Heavy Smoking on Anastomotic Leakage and Stricture After Low Anterior Resection in Rectal Cancer Patients

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_902831608

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_902831608

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ISSN

0364-2313

E-ISSN

1432-2323

DOI

10.1007/s00268-011-1286-1

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