The number of lymph nodes is correlated with mesorectal morphometry

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 297-302

  Pirro, Nicolas ^a,b   Pignodel, C ^c   Cathala, P ^b   Fabbro Peray, P ^b   Godlewski, G ^b,c   Prudhomme, M ^b,c  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Correlation; Lymphnodes; Mesorectum; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MORPHOMETRICS; ORGAN WEIGHT; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MESENTERY; ORGAN SIZE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 43849088032     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-008-0322-9     Document Type: Article

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