Ultrasonographic assessment of the risk of injury to branches of the middle hepatic vein during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 418-421

  Misawa, Takeyuki ^a   Koike, Masato ^a   Suzuki, Katsumaro ^a   Unemura, Yasuki ^a   Murai, Ryuzo ^a   Yoshida, Kazuhiko ^a   Kobayashi, Susumu ^a   Yamazaki, Yoji ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0033431863     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00202-0     Document Type: Article

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