Three-dimensional reconstruction of biliary tract using spiral computed tomography for laparoscopic cholecystectomy

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 608-611

  Ichii, Hirohito ^a   Takada, Moriatsu ^a,b   Kashiwagi, Ryoichi ^a   Sakane, Masayoshi ^a   Tabata, Fumihira ^a   Ku, Yonson ^b   Fujimori, Takahiro ^c   Kuroda, Yoshikazu ^b  

^a Tabata Gastrointestinal Hospital   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT; CYSTIC DUCT; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFUSION CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SAFETY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIARY TRACT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CYSTIC DUCT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036559521     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-001-0277-z     Document Type: Article

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