Lymphadenectomy along the middle colic artery in laparoscopic resection of transverse colon

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 56, 2004, Pages 454-456

  Ichihara, Takao ^a   Takada, Moriatsu ^a   Fukumoto, Satoshi ^a   Kuroda, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic; Lymphadenectomy; Middle colic artery; Transverse colon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVERSE COLON;

AGED; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1842430978     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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