Lymphoscintigraphy in patients with primary rectal cancer: The role of total mesorectal excision for primary rectal cancer - A lymphoscintigraphic study

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 137-142

  Sterk, Peter ^a   Keller, Lothar ^b   Jochims, Hans ^a   Klein, Peter ^c   Stelzner, Friedrich ^d   Bruch, Hans Peter ^a   Markert, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b St Elisabeth Hospital   (Germany)

^c Krankenhaus St Elisabeth   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lymph node metastases; Lymphoscintigraphy; Mesorectum; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANUS CONTINENCE; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA SCINTIGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; SCINTILLATION PROBE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MESOCOLON; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036939070     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-001-0378-z     Document Type: Article

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