Laparoscopic and thoracoscopic approaches for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 474-478

  Teramoto, Kenichi ^a   Kawamura, Tohru ^a   Takamatsu, Susumu ^a   Nakamura, Noriaki ^a   Kudo, Atsushi ^a   Noguchi, Norio ^a   Irie, Takumi ^a   Arii, Shigeki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ablation therapy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Laparoscopy; Liver resection; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOSCOPY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 16844370397     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2004.09.018     Document Type: Article

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