Anatomical variations in the level of origin of the sigmoid colon from the descending colon and the attachment of the sigmoid mesocolon

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-185

  Madiba, T E ^a   Haffajee, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Intersigmoid recess; Origin; Sigmoid mesocolon attachment

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HUMAN; INDIAN; MESOCOLON; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COLON, DESCENDING; COLON, SIGMOID; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESOCOLON;

EID: 76649108899     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20910     Document Type: Article

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