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Clin Colon Rectal Surg 2022; 35(04): 288-297
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1743430
Review Article

The Mesentery in Complete Mesocolic Excision

Jordan Fletcher
1   Department of Colorectal Surgery, St. Mark's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Danilo Miskovic
1   Department of Colorectal Surgery, St. Mark's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Abstract

The following article summarizes technical aspects of how to operate in the mesentery during complete mesocolic excision (CME). Increasingly, CME is being adopted and as such it is important to establish the anatomical basis of the techniques involved. This review thus serves to provide that foundation and explains the surgical techniques built on it.

Keywords

complete mesocolic excision - mesentery - surgery


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Article published online:
10 August 2022

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