Increased biliary fistulas after liver resection with the harmonic scalpel

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 815-819

  Kim, Joseph ^a   Ahmad, Syed A ^a   Lowy, Andrew M ^a   Buell, Joseph F ^a   Pennington, Linda J ^a   Soldano, Debbie A ^a   James, Laura E ^a   Matthews, Jeffrey B ^a   Hanto, Douglas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT FISTULA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIARY FISTULA; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LIGATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 1542541444     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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