Potentiality of dissection of the lymph nodes with preservation of the nerve plexus around the superior mesenteric artery

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 236-241

  Kawabata, Akihiro ^a,b   Hamanaka, Yuichiro ^a   Suzuki, Takashi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Periampullary cancer; Structure around the superior mesenteric artery; Superior mesenteric lymph node; Superior mesenteric nerve plexus

Indexed keywords

ADVENTITIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NERVE PLEXUS; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THICKNESS;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031952379     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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