Hepatic resection for bilobar hepatocellular carcinoma: Is it justified?

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 100-104

  Liu, Chi Leung ^a   Fan, Sheung Tat ^a   Lo, Chung Mau ^a   Ng, Irene Oi Lin ^a   Poon, Ronnie Tung Ping ^a   Wong, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037225891     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.138.1.100     Document Type: Article

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