Laparoscopic ultrasound enhances diagnostic laparoscopy in the staging of intra-abdominal neoplasms

American Surgeon

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 407-411

  Velasco, José M ^a,b   Rossi, Heather ^a,b   Hieken, Tina J ^a,b   Fernandez, Marco ^a,b  

^a RUSH NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREAS CANCER; STOMACH CANCER;

CARCINOMA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPHOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034116909     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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