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Anus

Known as: Anal, Ano, LARGE INTESTINE, ANUS 
The lower opening of the digestive tract, lying in the cleft between the buttocks, through which fecal matter is extruded.
National Institutes of Health

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Anal AdenocarcinomaAnal Canal Neuroendocrine CarcinomaAnal Canal Neuroendocrine Tumor G2Anal Canal Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma

Broader (2)

Anal canalAnatomical orifice

Narrower (1)

Perianal Glands

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Defunctioning Stoma Reduces Symptomatic Anastomotic Leakage After Low Anterior Resection of the Rectum for Cancer: A Randomized Multicenter Trial
Objective:The aim of this randomized multicenter trial was to assess the rate of symptomatic anastomotic leakage in patients… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Cancer risk in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study: associations with immunodeficiency, smoking, and highly active antiretroviral therapy.
BACKGROUND Persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have an increased risk for several cancers, but the… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
A Method for Assessing Hydrologic Alteration within Ecosystems
Hydrologic regimes play a major role in determining the biotic composition, structure, and function of aquatic, wetland, and… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Anal-sphincter disruption during vaginal delivery.
BACKGROUND Lacerations of the anal sphincter or injury to sphincter innervation during childbirth are major causes of fecal… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Manual for Staging of Cancer
Part 1 General information on cancer staging and end-results reporting: purposes and principles of staging reporting of cancer… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Simplified assessment of segmental colonic transit.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
INJURY TO INNERVATION OF PELVIC FLOOR SPHINCTER MUSCULATURE IN CHILDBIRTH
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
SURGERY OF THE ANUS, RECTUM AND COLON
Ed Michael R B Keighley Norman S Williams Saunders, £ 280, pp 2448 ISBN 0-7020-1278-5 Colorectal surgery has blossomed. A hybrid… 
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
Effects of Competition, Predation by Thais lapillus, and Other Factors on Natural Populations of the Barnacle Balanus balanoides
Highly Cited
1948
Highly Cited
1948
Standard methods for the examination of dairy products.
Methods for extraneous matter and vitamin determinations have been omitted and new material added on growth inhibitors, detection… 
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