Reconstruction of the portal vein during a Whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 168, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 422-424

  Levi, David M ^a   Sleeman, Danny ^a   Misiakos, Evangelos P ^a   Tzakis, Andreas G ^a  

^a NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036432262     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241502320789122     Document Type: Article

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