Operating behind Denonvilliers' fascia for reliable preservation of urogenital autonomic nerves in total mesorectal excision: A histologic study using cadaveric specimens, including a surgical experiment using fresh cadaveric models

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1024-1032

  Kinugasa, Yusuke ^a   Murakami, Gen ^b   Uchimoto, Kazuaki ^c   Takenaka, Atsushi ^d   Yajima, Toshihiko ^e   Sugihara, Kenichi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^e HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nerves; Denonvilliers' fascia; Total mesorectal excision; Urogenital neurovascular bundle

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CADAVER; CELL COMMUNICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENONVILLIER FASCIA; FASCIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE CELL; NERVE PLEXUS; PROSTATE; RECTUM SURGERY; SEMINAL VESICLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; CADAVER; DISSECTION; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIS; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; RECTUM; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 33745936582     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-006-0557-7     Document Type: Article

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