ABSTRACT - BACKGROUND: At least 12 lymph nodes (LNs) should be examined following surgical resection of colon cancer. As it is difficult to find small LNs, fat clearing fixatives have been proposed, ...

Colectomy A colectomy is surgery to remove all or part of the colon. Nearby lymph nodes are also removed. If only part of the colon is removed, it's called a hemicolectomy, partial colectomy, or ...

Abstract The posterior tibial artery normally arises from tibial-fibular trunk at the popliteal fossa, together with the fibular artery. The classic course of the posterior tibial artery is to run ...

Pacira has three commercial-stage non-opioid treatments: EXPAREL ® (bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension), a long-acting local analgesic currently approved for infiltration, fascial plane block, ...

2099"We already knew that pigments from tattoos would travel to the lymph nodes because of visual evidence: the lymph nodes become tinted with the color of the tattoo. It is the response of the body ...

Key messages Not removing pelvic lymph nodes (which are part of the immune system and in the lower tummy) probably does affect survival compared with removing all pelvic lymph nodes in women without ...

The following categories may also be used: TX: Main tumor cannot be assessed due to lack of information. T0: There's no evidence of a primary tumor. NX: Nearby lymph nodes cannot be assessed due to ...