Efficacy of color sonography and harmonic scalpel in laparoscopic management of multiple/lobulated liver cysts and abscesses

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 74, 2007, Pages 485-488

  Yeh, Ta Sen ^a,b   Ho, Yu Pin ^a   Jan, Yi Yin ^a   Chen, Miin Fu ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Color sonography; Harmonic scalpel; Laparoscopic approach; Liver abscess; Liver cyst

Indexed keywords

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CYST; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; SCALPEL; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CYSTS; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUCTION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 34248142792     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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