Evaluation of 300 minimally invasive liver resections at a single institution: Less is more

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 385-392

  Koffron, Alan J ^a   Auffenberg, Greg ^a   Kung, Robert ^a   Abecassis, Michael ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CYST; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER RESECTION; METASTASIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548171477     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318146996c     Document Type: Article

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