Review of the anatomic concepts in relation to the retrorectal space and endopelvic fascia: Waldeyer's fascia and the rectosacral fascia

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 298-302

  Garcia Armengol J ^a,d   Garcia Botello S ^b   Martinez Soriano, F ^c   Roig, J V ^a   Lledo S ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endopelvic fascia; Presacral parietal fascia; Rectal visceral fascia; Rectosacral fascia; Retrorectal space; Waldeyer's fascia

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANAL; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; RETROSACRAL FASCIA; REVIEW; SACRUM; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

CADAVER; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIS; RECTUM; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 39649098253     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01472.x     Document Type: Review

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