Upper margin of para-aortic lymphadenectomy in cervical cancer

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 893-900

  Ouldamer, Lobna ^a,b   Fichet Djavadian, Sara ^a   Marret, Henri ^a   Barillot, Isabelle ^a   Body, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; inferior mesenteric artery; lymphatic spread; para aortic lymphadenectomy; skip metastases

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MESENTERIC ARTERY; METASTASIS; PARAAORTIC LYMPHADENECTOMY; PARAAORTIC NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PELVIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84863918806     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2012.01443.x     Document Type: Review

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