Preoperative endoscopic tattooing to mark the tumour site does not improve lymph node retrieval in colorectal cancer: a retrospective cohort study


1 Department of Surgery, Unit of Clinica Chirurgica, S. Anna University Hospital of Ferrara, and University of Ferrara, Via Aldo Moro, 8 Room 2 34 03 (1C2), Ferrara, Cona, 44124, Italy

2 Department of Medicine, Unit of Gastroenterology, S. Anna University Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

3 Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Laboratory Medicine, Unit of Anatomic Pathology, S. Anna University Hospital of Ferrara, and University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

4 Unit of Statistics, S. Anna University Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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