Applied vascular anatomy of the colon and rectum: Clinical implications for the surgical oncologist

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 243-255

  Sakorafas, George H ^a   Zouros, Efstratios ^a   Peros, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arteries; Cancer; Colectomy; Colon; Colorectal; Lymph nodes; Lymphatics; Radical; Rectum; Resection; Surgery; Veins

Indexed keywords

AORTA SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; COLON; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM; REVIEW; SURGEON; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VASCULARIZATION;

COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COLON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; RECTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248654836     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2007.03.002     Document Type: Review

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