Denonvilliers' fascia lies anterior to the fascia propria and rectal dissection plane in total mesorectal excision

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-42

  Lindsey, Ian ^a   Warren, Bryan F ^a   Mortensen, Neil J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denonvilliers' fascia; Rectal cancer; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENONVILLIERS FASCIA; FASCIA; FISHER EXACT TEST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PERITONEUM; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE SECTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM; RECTUM TUMOR; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 13744254943     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0627-7     Document Type: Article

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