Sequential preoperative ipsilateral portal and arterial embolization in patients with colorectal liver metastases

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 576-578

  Gruttadauria, Salvatore ^a   Luca, Angelo ^a   Mandala', Lucio ^a   Miraglia, Roberto ^a   Gridelli, Bruno ^a  

^a MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED THERAPIES ISMETT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COLORECTAL CANCER; EXPERIENCE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PORTAL VEIN; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645574051     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0423-0     Document Type: Article

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