Routine surgical pathology in general surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 362-368

  Matthyssens, L E ^a,b   Ziol, M ^a   Barrat, C ^a   Champault, G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

APPENDECTOMY; CECAL DISEASES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HEMORRHOIDS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645068582     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5268     Document Type: Review

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