Resection of a hilar cholangiocarcinoma in a patient with absent portal bifurcation

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 32, 2000, Pages 362-364

  Yamamoto, Hideo ^a   Nagino, Masato ^b   Kawabata, Yasuji ^a   Maki, Atsuhiko ^a   Takenouchi, Yasushi ^a   Iwahashi, Naoko ^a   Hayakawa, Naokazu ^a   Nimura, Yuji ^b  

^a Tohkai Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absent portal bifurcation; Hilar cholangiocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER LOBECTOMY; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN MALFORMATION;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; PORTOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034001018     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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