Endoscopic tattoo of the colon might be standardized to locate tumors intraoperatively

Romanian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-248

  Aboosy, Nail ^a   Mulder, Chris J J ^a   Berends, Frits J ^b   Meijer, Jos W R ^b   Sorge, Adriaan A V ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Budget; Colorectal lesions; Endoscopic tattoo; Histology; Laparoscopy; Lymphnodes; Rotring ink; Standardization

Indexed keywords

INDIAN INK;

ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MICROSURGERY; POLYPECTOMY; STAINING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TATTOOING;

EID: 27144485299     PISSN: 12214167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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