Understanding the anatomy of lymphatic drainage and the use of blue-dye mapping to determine the extent of lymphadenectomy in rectal cancer surgery: Unresolved issues

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 443-449

  Bell, Stephen W ^a   Sasaki, J ^b   Sinclair, G ^c   Chapuis, P H ^c   Bokey, E L ^c  

^a CABRINI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomy of rectal lymphatics; Blue dye mapping; Lymphadenectomy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; DISSECTION; EUROPE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; JAPAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MEDLINE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

COLORING AGENTS; EUROPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TRYPAN BLUE;

EID: 66049097311     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.01769.x     Document Type: Review

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