Surgical approach to symptomatic giant cavernous hemangioma of the liver

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 61, 2005, Pages 183-186

  Demircan, Orhan ^a   Demiryurek, Haluk ^a   Yagmur, Ozgur ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cavernous hemangioma; Liver; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LOBECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14144254080     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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