Laparoscopic ultrasound enhances standard laparoscopy in the staging of pancreatic cancer

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 182-187

  Minnard, Emery A ^a   Conlon, Kevin C ^a   Hoos, Axel ^a   Dougherty, Ellen C ^a   Hann, Lucy E ^a   Brennan, Murray F ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032471268     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199808000-00006     Document Type: Article

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