[The mesorectum: improvement and anatomy of a semantic error].
Fiche publication
Date publication
septembre 2000
Journal
Morphologie : bulletin de l'Association des anatomistes
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr MARCHAL Frédéric
Tous les auteurs :
Marchal F, Bresler L, Marchal C, Brunaud L, Sebbag H, Guillemin F, Tortuyaux JM, Boissel P, Braun M
Lien Pubmed
Résumé
The cancer of the rectum touches 10,000 patients per year in France. Its treatment is mainly surgical. 50% of the treated patients will die of their cancer, either by loco-regional recurrence, or by metastatic disease. The rates of local recurrence vary from 10 to 40%. Heald is first who brought back recurrence rates lower than 4%, results obtained by the only surgical treatment. This treatment included the total exeresis of cellulo-fatty tissue surrounding the rectum, tissue which was baptized mesorectum. The aims of this work is to define and describe this space, and to discuss its Christian name.
Mots clés
Female, Humans, Male, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, prevention & control, Rectal Neoplasms, pathology, Rectum, anatomy & histology, Terminology as Topic
Référence
Morphologie. 2000 Sep;84(266):13-8