Hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma: Toward zero hospital deaths

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 322-330

  Fan, Sheung Tat ^a   Lo, Chung Mau ^a   Liu, Chi Leung ^a   Lam, Chi Ming ^a   Yuen, Wai Key ^a   Yeung, Chun ^a   Wong, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033510691     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199903000-00004     Document Type: Article

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