Reappraisal of the vascular anatomy of the colon and consequences for the definition of surgical resection

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 4-6, 2014, Pages 383-392

  Mike, Makio ^a   Kano, Nobuyasu ^a  

^a KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Colon operations, definitions; Vascular anatomy of the colon

Indexed keywords

ARTERY; COLON; COLORECTAL TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTERIES; COLON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84885506196     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343156     Document Type: Review

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