Denonvilliers’ fascia revisited

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 187-197

  Kim, Ji Hyun ^a   Kinugasa, Yusuke ^b   Hwang, Si Eun ^c   Murakami, Gen ^d   Rodríguez Vázquez, Jose Francisco ^e   Cho, Baik Hwan ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Division of Colorectal Cancer Sizuoka Cancer Institute   (Japan)

^c Daejeon Sun Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Iwamizawa Kojin kai Hospital   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cul de sac; Denonvilliers fascia; Peritoneum; Prostate; Rectum; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CADAVER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYOLOGY; FASCIA; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PELVIS; PERITONEUM; RECTUM;

CADAVER; FASCIA; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIS; PERITONEUM; RECTUM; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84929133152     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: 12798517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-014-1336-0     Document Type: Article

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