Level of arterial ligation in total mesorectal excision (TME): An anatomical study

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1317-1320

  Buunen, Mark ^a   Lange, Marilyne M ^b   Ditzel, Max ^a   Kleinrensink, Geert Jan ^a   van de Velde, Cees J H ^b   Lange, Johan F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Inferior mesenteric artery; Rectal cancer; Vascular anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM SURGERY; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBIC BONE; RECTUM;

EID: 70350001725     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-009-0761-8     Document Type: Article

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