Optimal abdominal incision for partial hepatectomy: Increased late complications with Mercedes-type incisions compared to extended right subcostal incisions

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 410-418

  D'Angelica, Michael ^a   Maddineni, Sridevi ^a   Fong, Yuman ^a   Martin, Robert C G ^a   Cohen, Michael S ^a   Ben Porat, Leah ^a   Gonen, Mithat ^a   DeMatteo, Ronald P ^a   Blumgart, Leslie H ^a   Jarnagin, William R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCISION; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32944481168     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0183-x     Document Type: Article

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