The significance of the aberrant left hepatic artery arising from the left gastric artery at curative gastrectomy for gastric cancer

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 967-971

  Shinohara, T ^a,b   Ohyama, S ^a   Muto, T ^a   Yanaga, K ^b   Yamaguchi, T ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aberrant left hepatic artery; Gastrectomy; Gastric cancer

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548650460     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2007.02.030     Document Type: Article

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