Injecting methylene blue into the inferior mesenteric artery assures an adequate lymph node harvest and eliminates pathologist variability in nodal staging for rectal cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 935-941

  Kerwel, Therese Gannon ^a   Spatz, Johann ^a   Anthuber, Matthias ^a   Wünsch, Katharina ^a   Arnholdt, Hans ^a   Märkl, Bruno ^a  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ex vivo injection; Fat clearance; Lymph node harvest; Methylene blue dye; Pathologist variability; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; METHYLENE BLUE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGIST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; STAINING; STANDARD; ADJUVANT THERAPY; CARCINOMA; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM TUMOR;

CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, INFERIOR; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 67651151260     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e31819f28c9     Document Type: Article

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