Where Does the First Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Receive Drainage from? | Zendy

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Where Does the First Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Receive Drainage from?

Author(s) -

Hidejiro Kawahara,

Hiroshi Nimura,

Kazuhiro Watanabe,

Tetsuya Kobayashi,

Hideyuki Kashiwagi,

Katsuhiko Yanaga

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

digestive surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762

H-Index - 69

eISSN - 1421-9983

pISSN - 0253-4886

DOI - 10.1159/000108323

Subject(s) - medicine , lymph node , drainage , general surgery , surgery , radiology , ecology , biology

Lateral pelvic lymph node dissection (LPLD) in the treatment of rectal cancer has risks and benefits. Avoidance of unnecessary LPLD is important, however, preoperative and/or intraoperative accurate detection of lateral lymph node metastases have not been established. If the lateral lymph node to which the fluid first spread from the primary lower rectal cancer is detected accurately, it may guide the need for LPLD and may assist in avoiding unnecessary dissection.

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