A note on the lymphatics of the middle and lower rectum and anus

✍ Scribed by Blair, James B. ;Holyoke, Edward A. ;Best, R. Russell

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1950
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 503 KB
• Volume: 108
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-276X
• DOI: 10.1002/ar.1091080402

✦ Synopsis

College of M e d i d n e !t'WO FIGURES

While the lymphatic vessels draining the anus and rectum have been studied and described from time to time, mostly by French and German anatomists, there are a few controversial points remaining. From the point o f view of the clinician some of these points have become increasingly important in recent years. This is partly because of the role of the lymphatics in the dissemination of carcinoma of the rectimi, aiid partly because of the present trends in surgery toward more frequent preservation of the sphincter mechanism.

For these reasons it mas felt that additional work leading either toward a confirmation of the existing descriptions o r toward some additional information would be desirable.