Lymph node dissection of the paraaortic area in gastric cancer operations around the aortic hiatus: Views during surgery and cadaveric dissection

Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 443-450

  Yamada, Kazuhiko ^a   Ohyama, Shigekazu ^a   Ohta, Keiichiro ^a   Matsubara, Toshiki ^a   Yamaguchi, Toshiharu ^a   Muto, Tetsuichiro ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic hiatus; Cadaveric view; Gastric cancer; Lymphatic trunk; Paraaortic lymph node dissection

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH VESSEL; RENAL ARTERY; STOMACH CANCER; THORACIC DUCT;

EID: 0038801685     PISSN: 03869768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5833/jjgs.36.443     Document Type: Article

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