Intra-operative injection of Patent Blue V dye to facilitate nodal staging in colorectal cancer

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 447-449

  Gandy, C P ^a   Biddlestone, L R ^a   Roe, A M ^a   O'Leary, D P ^a,b  

^a NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Lymph nodes; Staging

Indexed keywords

DISULFINE BLUE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

EID: 0036847995     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.2002.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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