Can adequate lymphadenectomy be obtained by laparoscopic resection in rectal cancer? Results of a case-control study in 200 patients

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1244-1247

  Sara, Samer ^a   Poncet, Gilles ^a   Voirin, David ^a   Laverriere, Marie Hélène ^a   Anglade, Daniel ^a   Faucheron, Jean Luc ^a,b  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Lymph nodes; Pathology; Rectal cancer; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; PROCEDURES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SECONDARY;

COLECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954952596     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1228-5     Document Type: Article

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