Port site metastases : Where are we at the beginning of the 21st century ?

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 230-237

  Hubens, G ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Neoplasm seeding; Neoplasms, surgery; Surgical procedures, minimally invasive

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ANIMAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THORAX TUMOR;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ANIMALS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NEOPLASM SEEDING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036692116     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2002.11679304     Document Type: Article

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