Giant haemangioma of the liver: Is enucleation better than resection?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 490-493

  Singh, Rajneesh Kumar ^a   Kapoor, Sorabh ^a,b   Sahni, Peush ^a   Chattopadhyay, Tushar K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b BHOPAL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Haemangioma; Hepatectomy; Liver neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SURGERY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34447315040     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X202038     Document Type: Article

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