Methylene blue-assisted lymph node dissection in combination with ex vivo sentinel lymph node mapping in gastric cancer

Histopathology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 433-441

  Märkl, Bruno ^a   Wünsch, Katharina ^a   Hebick, Kai Uwe ^a   Anthuber, Matthias ^a   Probst, Andreas ^a   Arnholdt, Hans Martin ^a   Spatz, Hanno ^a  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Lymph node staging; Methylene blue; Sentinel mapping

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MICROMETASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; STOMACH CANCER;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STAINING AND LABELING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 62149110735     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2009.03243.x     Document Type: Article

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