Apical-node metastasis in sigmoid colon or rectal cancer: Is it a factor that indicates a oor prognosis after high ligation?

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-87

  Yi, Jin Wook ^a   Lee, Taek Gu ^a   Lee, Hye Seung ^a   Heo, Seung Chul ^b   Jeong, Seung Yong ^b   Park, Kyu Joo ^b   Kang, Sung Bum ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apical lymph nodes; High ligation; Inferior mesenteric artery; Rectal cancer; Sigmoid colon cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID; SURGICAL WOUND; TUMOR VOLUME; WOUND COMPLICATION;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECURRENCE; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84857059404     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-011-1271-z     Document Type: Article

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