The caudate processus hepatic vein: A boundary hepatic vein between the caudate lobe and the right liver

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 288-293

  Kogure, Kimitaka ^a   Kuwano, Hiroyuki ^a   Yorifuji, Hiroshi ^a   Ishikawa, Harunori ^a   Takata, Kuniaki ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; LIVER HILUS; LIVER STRUCTURE; LIVER VEIN; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADULT; CADAVER; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 38549160535     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31815efd8d     Document Type: Article

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