Could bipolar vessel sealers prevent bile leaks after hepatectomy?

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 392, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-44

  Evrard, Serge ^a   Bécouarn, Yves ^a   Brunet, René ^a   Fonck, Marianne ^a   Larrue, Caroline ^a   Mathoulin Pélissier, Simone ^a  

^a INSTITUT BERGONIÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bile ducts; Hepatectomy; Liver; Postoperative complications; Subphrenic abscess

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE COLLECTION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE EFFUSION; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BIPOLAR VESSEL SEALER; BLEEDING; CLAMP; CLIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SUBPHRENIC ABSCESS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33846452964     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-006-0083-z     Document Type: Article

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