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mesorectum

The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the upper portion of the rectum and connecting it with the sacrum.
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Transanal rectosigmoid resection via natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) with total mesorectal excision in a large human cadaver series
BackgroundThe authors’ group has previously described successful transanal rectosigmoid resection via natural orifice… 
2007
2007
Mesenteric plexiform neurofibroma in an 11-year-old boy with von Recklinghausen disease.
Review
2006
Review
2006
Magnetic resonance imaging of the low rectum: defining the radiological anatomy
Low rectal cancer provides a particular surgical challenge of local tumour control and sphincter preservation. Histopathological… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Education is the key to quality of surgery for rectal cancer.
2004
2004
Local radiological staging of rectal cancer.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Comparative Analysis of Nodal Upstaging Between Colon and Rectal Cancers by Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping: A Prospective Trial
PURPOSESentinel lymph node mapping accurately predicts nodal status in >90 percent of melanoma and breast and colorectal cancers… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
"Mesorectum": the surgical value of an anatomical approach
The quality of total extirpation of the "mesorectum" nowadays determines the prognosis of rectal cancer but the planes of… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Pathologic prognostic factors in the recurrence of rectal cancer.
For rectal cancer, local recurrence following surgical treatment is a grave complication that occurs in as many as 25% of cases… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Anatomic study of the lymph nodes of the mesorectum
PURPOSE: Lymph node involvement is the most important prognostic factor when staging patients with colorectal cancer. The… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
[Rectal carcinoma. Optimizing therapy by partial or total mesorectum removal].
The role of total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer treatment is one of the most exciting findings in surgical oncology of… 
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