The adequacy of the marginal blood-supply to the left colon after high ligation of the inferior mesenteric artery during excision of the rectum.
D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply*; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D017537:Mesenteric Artery, Inferior; D008643:Mesentery; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*
ARTERIES, MESENTERIC/surgery; COLON/blood supply; RECTUM/surgery