The impact of laparoscopy and laparoscopic ultrasonography on the management of pancreatic cancer

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1303-1307

  Schachter, Pinhas P ^a,b   Avni, Yona ^a   Shimonov, Mordechai ^a   Gvirtz, Gabriela ^a   Rosen, Ada ^a   Czerniak, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b E Wolfson Medical Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033760889     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.135.11.1303     Document Type: Article

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