Role of Preoperative Color Doppler Ultrasound Scan in the Evaluation of the Risk of Injury of Major Branches of the Middle Hepatic Vein during Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

International Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 236-239

  Kebudi, Abut ^a,b   Halefoglu, Ahmet Mesrur ^a   Yetkin, Gurkan ^a   Isgor, Adnan ^a   Goktas, Cavit ^a  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Salih Tozan Sokak ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Middle hepatic vein; Risk of injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COST; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER VEIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0042305315     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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