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Fig. 1

From: Discrepancy between surgeon and radiological assessment of ligation level of the inferior mesenteric artery in patients operated for rectal cancer—impacting registry-based research and surgical practice

Fig. 1

The left image shows the preoperative vascular anatomy with the inferior mesenteric artery (short arrow), the left colic artery (long arrow), the sigmoidal arteries (curved arrow), and the superior rectal artery (dashed arrow). The right image shows a postoperative image where the superior rectal artery cannot be found. The dashed arrow marks the ligation level caudally to the remaining left colic artery (solid arrow) and the sigmoidal arteries

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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

ISSN: 1477-7819

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