Definition of the Rectum

Volume: 270, Issue: 6, Pages: 955 - 959
Published: Dec 1, 2019
Abstract
The wide global variation in the definition of the rectum has led to significant inconsistencies in trial recruitment, clinical management, and outcomes. Surgical technique and use of preoperative treatment for a cancer of the rectum and sigmoid colon are radically different and dependent on the local definitions employed by the clinical team. A consensus definition of the rectum is needed to standardise treatment.The consensus was conducted...
Paper Details
Title
Definition of the Rectum
Published Date
Dec 1, 2019
Volume
270
Issue
6
Pages
955 - 959
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