Colorectal surgical specimen lymph node harvest: Improvement of lymph node yield with a pathology assistant

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1459-1463

  Reese, Jeffery A ^a   Hall, Christopher ^a   Bowles, Kelly ^a   Moesinger, Robert C ^a,b  

^a McKay Dee Hospital Center   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Lymph node excision; Pathology; Surgical

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MANPOWER; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ABDOMEN; ADENOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 70349414421     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-009-0820-z     Document Type: Article

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