Safety and reliability of tattooing colorectal neoplasms prior to laparoscopic resection

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 543-546

  Feingold, Daniel L ^a   Addona, Tommaso ^a   Forde, Kenneth A ^a   Arnell, Tracey D ^a   Carter, Joseph J ^a   Huang, Emina H ^a   Whelan, Richard L ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Surgical Specialties   (United States)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; endoscopic tattoo; laparoscopic surgery; Tumor localization

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ASCENDING COLON; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL RECORD; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TATTOOING; TRANSVERSE COLON;

EID: 3042837600     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2003.12.016     Document Type: Article

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