Agenesis of the right liver: A difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques - Part A

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 166-169

  Iannelli, Antonio ^a   Facchiano, Enrico ^a   Fabiani, Pascal ^a   Sejor, Eric ^a   Bernard, Jean Louis ^a   Niezar, Eric ^a   Gugenheim, Jean ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGENESIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LIVER;

EID: 18744370210     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2005.15.166     Document Type: Article

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