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Showing 1 to 20 of 248 for “"Rectal"”.
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Living with locally advanced rectal cancer: an exploration of the everydayness of living with rectal cancer
… the everydayness of living with locally advanced rectal cancer. The study has identified how this can influence individual’s day to day lives when the focus of care moves away from cure, but prior to the transition to ‘end of life’ care. The aim was to obtain data in which to situate local service …
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Treatment Planning Automation For Rectal Cancer Radiotherapy
<h2>Background</h2> <p>Rectal cancer is a common type of cancer. There is an acute health disparity across the globe where a significant population of the world lack adequate access to radiotherapy treatments which is a part of the standard of care for rectal cancers. Safe radiotherapy treatments …
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Pre-surgical exercise intervention in prostate and rectal cancer survivors
… exercise and cancer, specifically prostate and rectal cancer (Chapter 1); two literature reviews, the first, a published systematic review examining the available literature on pre-surgical exercise in cancer and its effects on physiological and psychological outcomes (Chapter 2) and the second, …
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Sentinel Lymph Node in Rectal Cancer: Role of Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Risk Factors of Tumour Recurrence and Reduced Survival in Rectal Cancer
In Sweden, 2000 patients are diagnosed with rectal cancer annually. In 1995, the Swedish Rectal Cancer Registry (SRCR) was launched to supervise and assure the quality of the management of rectal cancer. Advances in the management of rectal cancer have reduced the local recurrence (LR) rate and …
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Rectal culture screening for vancomycin-resistant enterococcus in chronic haemodialysis patients
… or on the reliability of consecutive negative rectal cultures to determine the clearance of VRE in chronic HD patients. Chronic HD patients from whom VRE was isolated were examined retrospectively. Rectal cultures were collected more than 3 times, at least 1 week apart, between 1 June 2003 and …
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Management of civilian penetrating rectal injuries in an urban trauma centre
Background: Rectal injuries are associated with significant morbidity. Primary repair of extraperitoneal rectal injuries, presacral drainage (PSD) and distal rectal washout (DRW) have become historical adjuncts. Aim: A retrospective review was performed to determine the outcome of rectal injuries …
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Immunocytochemistry Of Rectal Cancer Circumferential Margins In The Assessment Of Micrometastatic Disease
… peripheral circulation and bone marrow of colorectal cancer patients. Furthermore, micrometastatic disease has been shown to be associated with recurrence of the disease. However, there is no evidence of investigation into the micrometastastic disease at the circumferential margins of rectal …
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Use of Human Reliability Analysis to evaluate surgical technique for rectal cancer
… by different surgeons following surgery for rectal cancer. It is possible to improve such outcomes by focused training and the adoption of specific surgical techniques, such as the total mesorectal excision (TME) training programme in Stockholm which reduced local recurrence rates of cancer …
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Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Preliminary Results of BID Fractionation
… modality for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy, tolerance, and toxicity of preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) using BID fractionation in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between January 2001 and …
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Laparoscopy and loop colostomy : a new approach to extra-peritoneal rectal injuries
Distal rectal washout and presacral drainage appear to have little or no influence on the morbidity and mortality in patients with low-energy trauma to the rectum. The ever-increasing popularity and obvious advantages of minimal access surgery have prompted surgeons to apply its use to a variety of …
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Birth prevalence of ano-rectal malformations for the Western Cape Province, South Africa
Background: Anorectal malformations (ARMs) are a major birth anomaly worldwide. South Africa has ethnically and geologically diverse populations. A recent publication indicated an increased birth prevalence of ARMs in the Witwatersrand referral area between 2005 and 2010. The purpose of this study …
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Expression of Survivin : Possible Predictor of Local Recurrence after Curative Resection for Rectal Cancer
… has always been a challenging problem following rectal cancer surgery, desite of the advances in surgical technique(TME) as well as adjuvant therapy(preoperative CCRT). There is a need for better prognostic markers due to the varieties of treatment response within same clinicopathologic stage. …
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Pain Management: Administration of IV, IM, Oral and Rectal Analgesics for Pediatric Self-reported Pain
… hour after administration of IV, IM, oral and rectal analgesics. The difference between IV/IM medications and 0/R medications on the mean of self-reported pain prior to and one hour after each administration in a 48 hour post surgical period is investigated.<br> A retrospective chart review is …
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Anastomotic leakage in rectal surgery: Where are we and where do we go from here?
Anastomotic leak in colorectal surgery is a significant complication which is feared by surgeons and has considerable consequences for patients. It affects up to 17% of rectal resections and although there is significant knowledge regarding its detection and treatment, there are still no reliable …
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Cinco años de experiencia en manejo de procidencia rectal con técnicas de Altemeier y Delorme 2019 - 2023
La procidencia rectal es una patología que altera de forma notable la calidad de vida, por lo que es importante conocer las características de su presentación clínica y el manejo más adecuado de esta patología en nuestro medio, para que sirvan como referencia para analizar tendencias y resultados …
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Evaluating the functional effects, morbidity, recurrence, survival and quality of life after curative treatment for rectal cancer
Treatment for rectal cancer can be associated with rectal functional impairment, increased morbidity and may impact quality of life. Restorative surgery is the preferred choice of surgery, but in some circumstances, surgery with a permanent stoma is required to ensure tumour clearance. While the …
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Transitions in Palliative Care: Referral Time and Healthcare Utilization in Advanced Stage Colon, Rectal and Lung Cancer Patients.
<p>Background: Despite lung, colon, and rectal cancer being the leading and third leading cause of cancer-related death among both men and women respectively, few studies have examined Palliative Care Consultation (PCC) on healthcare utilization (HCU) in individuals with advanced stage diagnosis in …
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