Lymph node dissection in rectal carcinoma: TME and what else?

• Published in: Onkologie Vol. 32; no. 1-2; p. 57
• Main Authors: Göhl, Jonas, Hohenberger, Werner, Merkel, Susanne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland 01.02.2009
• Subjects: Digestive System Surgical Procedures - methods; Humans; Lymph Node Excision - methods; Lymphatic Metastasis; Rectal Neoplasms - surgery

Total mesorectal excision (TME) has been established as a standardized radical surgical procedure in malignant tumors of the middle and lower rectal third. In carcinomas of the upper rectal third, TME is seen as controversial. The aims of TME are low rates of locoregional recurrences and good functi...