Implantation carcinoma developing late after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for superficial carcinoma of the gall-bladder

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 406-407

  Wettstein, A R ^a,b,c   Field, A S ^a,b   Hugh, T B ^a,b   Vickers, C R ^a,b  

^a Departments of Gastroenterology   (Australia)

^b Department of Anatomical Pathology ^*  (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Tumour implantation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; SUPERFICIAL CANCER; SURGICAL RISK;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; COLIC; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM SEEDING;

EID: 0032932796     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01590.x     Document Type: Article

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