Complications of hepatic cryosurgery

Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 156-162

  Sarantou, Terry ^a   Bilchik, Anton ^a   Ramming, Kenneth P ^b  

^a JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Centry City Doctors Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryosurgery; Liver neoplasms surgery complications; Neoplasm metastasis

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CRYOSURGERY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031936536     PISSN: 87560437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2388(199803)14:2<156::AID-SSU7>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Review

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