Hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma: Patient selection and postoperative outcome

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Poon, Ronnie Tung Ping ^a   Fan, Sheung Tat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242307281     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20040     Document Type: Article

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