Management of nodal disease from colon cancer in the laparoscopic era

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 303-314

  Pedrazzani, Corrado ^a,c   Lauka, Lelde ^a,b   Sforza, Simone ^a   Ruzzenente, Andrea ^a   Nifosì, Filippo ^a   Delaini, Gian Gaetano ^a   Guglielmi, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b RIGA EAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^c Chirurgia Generale e Epatobiliare Policlinico GB Rossi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Complete mesocolic excision; Laparoscopy; Lymph node metastasis; Lymphadenectomy; Sentinel lymph node mapping

Indexed keywords

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; COLON CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SENTINEL LYMPH NODE MAPPING; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; META ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MICROMETASTASIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TUMOR CELL; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIGATION; MESOCOLON; PATHOLOGY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VASCULARIZATION;

COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIGATION; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MESOCOLON; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 84925534242     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-014-2075-8     Document Type: Review

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