Adequacy of lymphadenectomy in laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery: A single-centre, retrospective study

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-37

  Cianchi, Fabio ^a   Cortesini, Camillo ^a   Trallori, Giacomo ^b   Messerini, Luca ^a   Novelli, Luca ^a   Comin, Camilla Eva ^a   Qirici, Etleva ^a   Bonanomi, Andrea ^b   MacRì, Giuseppe ^b   Badii, Benedetta ^a   Kokomani, Aurora ^a   Perigli, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; laparoscopic surgery; lymph node retrieval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84857097446     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31824332dc     Document Type: Article

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