Subtotal hepatectomy: A porcine model for the study of liver regeneration

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 181-186

  Court, Fiona G ^a   Laws, Peter E ^a   Morrison, Charles P ^a   Teague, Benjamin D ^a   Metcalfe, Matthew S ^a   Wemyss Holden, Simon A ^a   Dennison, Ashley R ^b   Maddern, Guy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Hepatic resection; Liver insufficiency; Liver support devices; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUBTOTAL HEPATECTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0347721105     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2003.08.007     Document Type: Article

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