Who should perform liver transplantation? Should that be the transplant surgeon, the hepatobilary surgeon, or the general surgeon? Part I: The transplant surgeon

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 647-649

  Desai, Dev M ^a   Kuo, Paul C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 33644901835     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2006.01.014     Document Type: Review

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