An assessment of the anatomical relationship between the pelvic plexus and the rectal wall to determine the indications for its preservation in surgery for rectal cancer

Surgery Today

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1005-1009

  Yamakoshi, Hideki ^a   Ike, Hideyuki ^a   Oki, Sigeo ^a   Hara, Masamichi ^b   Shimada, Hiroshi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lateral resection margin; Local recurrence; Nerve preserving operation; Pelvic plexus; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CADAVER; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PELVIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM;

EID: 0030773567     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02385779     Document Type: Article

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