Improved staging of liver tumors using laparoscopic intraoperative ultrasound

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-67

  Barbot, Donna J ^a,b   Marks, John H ^a   Feld, Rick I ^a   Liu, Ji Bin B ^a   Rosato, Francis E ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

hepatoma; laparoscopy; liver metastasis; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0031057701     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199701)64:1<63::AID-JSO12>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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