Determining resectability for hepatocellular carcinoma: The role of laparoscopy and laparoscopic ultrasonography

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 260-264

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic ultrasonography; Liver cancer; Resectability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033648462     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005340070046     Document Type: Article

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