Right hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma: Is the anterior approach superior to the conventional approach? [1]

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 390-391

  Ishizawa, Takeaki ^a   Kokudo, Norihiro ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; OPERATION DURATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38549146310     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181640207     Document Type: Letter

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