Postoperative intra-arterial methylene blue injection of colorectal cancer specimens increases the number of lymph nodes recovered

Histopathology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 408-413

  Törnroos, Alexander ^a   Shabo, Ivan ^b   Druvefors, Bengt ^a   Arbman, Gunnar ^b   Olsson, Hans ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Norrkoping Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Lymph nodes; Methylene blue injection

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 79952087212     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.03755.x     Document Type: Article

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