Ligation of the inferior mesenteric artery in the surgery of rectal cancer: Anatomical considerations

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-126

  Nano, Mario ^a,c   Dal Corso, Herbert ^a   Ferronato, Marco ^a   Soleja, Mario ^a   Hornung, Jean Pierre ^b   Dei Poli, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Dipto di Fisiopatologia Clinica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; High ligation; Inferior mesenteric artery; Low ligation; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CADAVER; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, INFERIOR; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 3042601139     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077347     Document Type: Article

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