Where does pelvic nerve injury occur during rectal surgery for cancer?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1326-1334

  Moszkowicz, D ^a,b   Alsaid, B ^a   Bessede, T ^a   Penna, C ^b,c   Nordlinger, B ^b,c   Benoit G ^a   Peschaud, F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Computer assisted anatomic dissection (CAAD); Pelvic nerve injury; Rectal cancer; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NERVE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE INJURY; PELVIC NERVE; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM SURGERY; REVIEW; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; HUMANS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; PELVIS; PUDENDAL NERVE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79953320722     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2010.02384.x     Document Type: Review

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