Laparoscopic staging for hepatobiliary carcinoma

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 920-922

  White, Rebekah R ^a   Pappas, Theodore N ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NC 27710 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

biliary tract neoplasms; Laparoscopy; liver neoplasms; staging

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 10044263369     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2004.09.048     Document Type: Editorial

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