Mesorectal lymph nodes: Their location and distribution within the mesorectum

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 779-785

  Topor, Boris ^a   Acland, Robert ^a   Kolodko, Valentina ^a   Galandiuk, Susan ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissection; Lymph nodes; Mesentery; Mesorectal; Rectal cancer; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; RECTUM; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; DISSECTION; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM;

EID: 0038654308     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6656-4     Document Type: Article

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