The mesocolon: A histological and electron microscopic characterization of the mesenteric attachment of the colon prior to and after surgical mobilization

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 260, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1048-1056

  Culligan, Kevin ^a   Walsh, Stewart ^a   Dunne, Colum ^a   Walsh, Michael ^b   Ryan, Siobhan ^c   Quondamatteo, Fabio ^b   Dockery, Peter ^d   Coffey, J Calvin ^a,e  

^a Mid Western Regional Hospital   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c Skin and Extracellular Matrix Research Group Anatomy Unit School of Medicine   (Ireland)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Colon; Histology; Mesocolon; Mobilization; Toldt's fascia

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; PODOPLANIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COLONIC MOBILIZATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FASCIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENTERY; MESOCOLIC MOBILIZATION; MESOCOLON; MESOTHELIUM; MOBILIZATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGMOID; TOLDT FASCIA; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; COLON; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; COLON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MESENTERY; MESOCOLON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 84908352423     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000323     Document Type: Article

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