Optimal plane for nerve sparing total mesorectal excision, immunohistological study and 3D reconstruction: An embryological study

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1521-1528

  Bertrand, M M ^a   Alsaid, B ^b   Droupy, S ^c   Benoit, G ^d   Prudhomme, M ^a,c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Bicêtre Paris 11 University   (France)

Author keywords

Denonvilliers' fascia; Inferior hypogastric plexus; Nerve preservation; Rectal surgery; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100;

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLADDER SPHINCTER; DENONVILLIER FASCIA; DISSECTION; EFFERENT NERVE; EXCISION; FASCIA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM SURGERY; SEMINAL VESICLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION; UTERINE CERVIX;

DENONVILLIERS' FASCIA; INFERIOR HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; NERVE PRESERVATION; RECTAL SURGERY; TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION;

AGED; CADAVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DISSECTION; FASCIA; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PELVIS; RECTUM;

EID: 84888055890     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12459     Document Type: Article

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