Standardized surgery for colonic cancer: complete mesocolic excision and central ligation – technical notes and outcome

Hohenberger, Werner; Weber, Klaus; E. Matzel, Klaus; Papadopoulos, Theofilos; Merkel, Susanne

doi:10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01735.x

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Standardized surgery for colonic cancer: complete mesocolic excision and central ligation – technical notes and outcome

Published in Colorectal Disease • Nov 6, 2008

Authors:

Werner Hohenberger

Klaus Weber

Klaus E. Matzel

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Total mesorectal excision (TME) as proposed by R.J. Heald more than 20 years ago, is nowadays accepted worldwide for optimal rectal cancer surgery. This technique is focused on an intact package of the tumour and its main lymphatic drainage. This concept can be translated into colon cance...

Subject

Medicine

Mesorectum

Colorectal cancer

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