Improved lymph node retrieval in Whipple specimens as a result of implementation of a new uncinate margin protocol

HPB

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 388-391

  Rowsell, Corwyn H ^a   Hanna, Sherif ^a   Hsieh, Eugene ^a   Law, Calvin ^a   Khalifa, Mahmoud A ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lymph node retrieval; Uncinate margin; Whipple specimens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 35348994390     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651820701646206     Document Type: Article

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