Using resources wisely: Determining the indication for staging laparoscopy

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 8-9

  Schirmer, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DUODENUM CARCINOMA; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AMPULLA OF VATER; BIOPSY; DUODENAL NEOPLASMS; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036144135     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200201000-00002     Document Type: Editorial

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