Giant hemangiomas of the liver: Surgical treatment by liver resection

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 231-234

  Borgonovo, Giacomo ^a,b   Razzetta, Francesco ^a   Arezzo, Alberto ^a   Torre, Giancarlo ^a   Mattioli, Francescopaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Liver hemangioma, disease, neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGATION; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031045459     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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