Low insertion of hepatic segmental duct VII-VIII is an important cause of major biliary injury or misdiagnosis

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 187-191

  Meyers, William C ^a   Peterseim, David S ^a   Pappas, Theodore N ^a   Schauer, Philip R ^a   Eubanks, Steven ^a   Murray, Elizabeth ^a   Suhocki, P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATIC DUCT; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0030047572     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)80097-X     Document Type: Article

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