How to optimize autonomic nerve preservation in total mesorectal excision: Clinical topography and morphology of pelvic nerves and fasciae

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1768-1775

  Clausen, Nicolas ^a   Wolloscheck, Tanja ^b   Konerding, Moritz A ^b  

^a Ketteler Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CADAVER; FASCIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE INJURY; NEUROANATOMY; PELVIC NERVE; PERIKARYON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TOPOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CADAVER; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS;

EID: 48549104519     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9625-6     Document Type: Article

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