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The quality of lymph node harvests in extralevator abdominoperineal excisions

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Published in 2020 at "BMC Surgery"

DOI: 10.1186/s12893-020-00898-2

Abstract: Background Lymph node (LN) harvest in colorectal cancer resections is a well-recognised prognostic factor for disease staging and determining survival, particularly for node-negative (N0) diseases. Extralevator abdominoperineal excisions (ELAPE) aim to prevent “waisting” that occurs… read more here.

Keywords: quality; extralevator abdominoperineal; elape; abdominoperineal excisions ... See more keywords