Impact of methylene blue staining in the retrieval of lymph nodes in resected colorectal cancer specimens

• Main Authors: Anjaneyulu Vasala (Author), Haripreetha G Nair (Author), Subramanyeshwar T Rao (Author), K Ravindranath Tagore (Author), Sudha S Murthy (Author), Daphne Fonseca (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Adequate lymph node harvest in resected colorectal cancer (CRC) specimens is important in staging and choosing appropriate therapeutic options. The yield of lymph nodes and metastatic nodes by methylene blue dye injection in 30 randomly selected resected CRC specimens was compared with an equal numb...