Preoperative assessment of vascular anatomy of inferior mesenteric artery by volume-rendered 3D-CT for laparoscopic lymph node dissection with left colic artery preservation in lower sigmoid and rectal cancer

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 553-555

  Kobayashi, Michiya ^a   Morishita, Satoshi ^a   Okabayashi, Takehiro ^a   Miyatake, Kana ^a   Okamoto, Ken ^a   Namikawa, Tsutomu ^a   Ogawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Araki, Keijiro ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D CT; Inferior mesenteric artery; Laparoscopy assisted colorectal surgery; Lymph node dissection; Multi detector row CT angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 33644884176     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i4.553     Document Type: Article

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