CoCStom trial: study protocol for a randomised trial comparing completeness of adjuvant chemotherapy after early versus late diverting stoma closure in low anterior resection for rectal cancer

[1] Heald RJ(1995)Total mesorectal excision is optimal surgery for rectal cancer: a Scandinavian consensus Br J Surg 82 1297-1299

[2] Nicholls RJ(1996)Treatment of non-disseminated cancer of the lower rectum Br J Surg 83 15-18

[3] Hall C(1991)Risk of peritonitis and fatal septicaemia and the need to defunction the low anastomosis Br J Surg 78 196-198

[4] Karanjia ND(2008)Systematic review and meta-analysis of the role of defunctioning stoma in low rectal cancer surgery Ann Surg 248 52-60

[5] Corder AP(2004)Morbidity of temporary loop ileostomies Dig Surg 21 277-281

[6] Holdsworth PJ(2008)Randomized clinical trial of early versus delayed temporary stoma closure after proctectomy Br J Surg 95 693-698

[7] Heald RJ(2006)Morbidity of temporary loop ileostomy in patients with colorectal cancer Dis Colon Rectum 49 1011-1017

[8] Huser N(2007)Prospective analysis of quality of life in the first year after colorectal cancer surgery Acta Oncol 46 77-82

[9] Michalski CW(2001)Quality of life after low anterior resection with total mesorectal excision and temporary loop ileostomy for rectal carcinoma Br J Surg 88 1216-1220

[10] Erkan M(2003)Feasibility of early closure of loop ileostomies: a pilot study Dis Colon Rectum 46 1680-1684

[1] Heald RJ(1995)Total mesorectal excision is optimal surgery for rectal cancer: a Scandinavian consensus Br J Surg 82 1297-1299

[2] Nicholls RJ(1996)Treatment of non-disseminated cancer of the lower rectum Br J Surg 83 15-18

[3] Hall C(1991)Risk of peritonitis and fatal septicaemia and the need to defunction the low anastomosis Br J Surg 78 196-198

[4] Karanjia ND(2008)Systematic review and meta-analysis of the role of defunctioning stoma in low rectal cancer surgery Ann Surg 248 52-60

[5] Corder AP(2004)Morbidity of temporary loop ileostomies Dig Surg 21 277-281

[6] Holdsworth PJ(2008)Randomized clinical trial of early versus delayed temporary stoma closure after proctectomy Br J Surg 95 693-698

[7] Heald RJ(2006)Morbidity of temporary loop ileostomy in patients with colorectal cancer Dis Colon Rectum 49 1011-1017

[8] Huser N(2007)Prospective analysis of quality of life in the first year after colorectal cancer surgery Acta Oncol 46 77-82

[9] Michalski CW(2001)Quality of life after low anterior resection with total mesorectal excision and temporary loop ileostomy for rectal carcinoma Br J Surg 88 1216-1220

[10] Erkan M(2003)Feasibility of early closure of loop ileostomies: a pilot study Dis Colon Rectum 46 1680-1684