Does omentectomy prevent malignant small bowel obstruction?

Because the omentum collects and disseminates cancer cells, omentectomy is an integral part of ovarian cancer surgery. We postulate that the omentum serves a similar function in colon cancer and may contribute to post-operative malignant small bowel obstruction (S.B.O.) and that routine omentectomy...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical & experimental metastasis 1988-07, Vol.6 (4), p.319-324
Hauptverfasser:	Weese, J L, Ottery, F D, Emoto, S E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Colectomy Colonic Neoplasms - pathology Colonic Neoplasms - surgery Male Neoplasm Metastasis Omentum - surgery Rats Rats, Inbred F344
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