Anatomy of the superior mesenteric vein with special reference to the surgical management of first-order eranch involvement at pancreaticoduodenectomy

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 248, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1098-1102

  Matthew, H G Katz ^a,b,c   Fleming, Jason B ^a   Peter, W T Pisters ^a   Lee, Jeffrey E ^a   Evans, Douglas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT LIGATION; ILEUM; ILEUM RESECTION; JEJUNUM; MESENTERY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MESENTERIC VEIN; PATHOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

HUMANS; MESENTERIC VEINS; MESENTERY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY;

EID: 58149395531     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31818730f0     Document Type: Article

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