title: The mesorectum and mesocolon - Making sense of words.
authors.affiliation: Pelican Cancer Foundation, The Ark, Dinwoodie Drive, Basingstoke, RG24 9NN, UK. Electronic address: mit_dattani@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Mit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dattani
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Champalimaud Foundation, Av. Brasilia, 1400-038, Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: Inês
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Santiago
authors.affiliation: The Barbers' Company Professor of Anatomy, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE, UK.
authors.forename: Vishy
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mahadevan
authors.affiliation: Pelican Cancer Foundation, The Ark, Dinwoodie Drive, Basingstoke, RG24 9NN, UK; Chairman of the Colorectal Cancer Project, Champalimaud Foundation, Av. Brasilia, 1400-038, Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Heald
mesh_terms: D008646:Mesocolon; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms; D012007:Rectum
keywords: Mesocolon; Mesorectum; Ontogenetics; Pelvic anatomy; Rectal cancer surgery; Total Mesorectal Excision