Anatomical reevaluation of the anococcygeal ligament and its surgical relevance

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 232-237

  Kinugasa, Yusuke ^a   Arakawa, Takashi ^b   Abe, Shin Ichi ^c   Ohtsuka, Aiji ^d   Suzuki, Daisuke ^e   Murakami, Gen ^b   Fujimiya, Mineko ^e   Sugihara, Kenichi ^f  

^a SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b Iwamizawa Kojin kai Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Colon and rectal surgery; Colorectal cancer; Laparoscopy; Rectal cancer; Surgical oncology

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

AGED; ANAL CANAL; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COCCYGEAL BONE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DECISION MAKING; ELASTIC FIBER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; RECTUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; CADAVER; COCCYX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RECTUM;

EID: 78651383188     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e318202388f     Document Type: Article

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