Randomized clinical trial of Ligasure™ versus conventional surgery for extended gastric cancer resection

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1493-1496

  Lee, W J ^a   Chen, T C ^a   Lai, I R ^a   Wang, W ^a   Huang, M T ^a,b  

^a EN CHU KONG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RANDOMIZATION; SAFETY; STOMACH CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0348041950     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4362     Document Type: Article

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