The surgical margin in liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: A real problem or not? [3]

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 246, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 690-691

  Torzilli, Guido ^a   Donadon, Matteo ^a   Montorsi, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; PATIENT CARE; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 34748845710     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318156e286     Document Type: Letter

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