Tricks for ultrasound-guided resection of colorectal liver metastases

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 49, 2003, Pages 1-3

  Torzilli, Guido ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^b  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intraoperative ultrasonography; Liver metastases; Liver neoplasms; Liver surgery; Liver tumors therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISSECTION; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037263111     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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