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Fig. 6

From: Laparoscopic low anterior resection for rectal cancer wherein the inferior mesenteric artery arose from the superior mesenteric artery: a case report

Fig. 6

Reported cases of colorectal cancer with abnormal branching of the inferior mesenteric artery. In most cases, the superior margin of lymphadenectomy was set at the inferior border of the duodenum at the position where the IMA normally originates from the abdominal aorta or at the plexus of the colic branch of the lumbar splanchnic nerve. (TNM Stage 8th edition of the AJCC-TNM Staging, c clinical, APR abdominoperineal resection, Lap-HAR laparoscopic high anterior resection, Lap-LAR laparoscopic low anterior resection, ND not described, D3 Japanese D3 lymphadenectomy, SMA superior mesenteric artery, IMA inferior mesenteric artery, CHA common hepatic artery, LCA left colic artery, MCA middle colic artery, ICA ileocolic artery, aMCA accessory middle colic artery, SRA superior rectal artery)

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