Transthoracic approach (TTA) for subdiaphragmatic liver metastasectomy

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-42

  Delis, Spiros G ^a,c   Bakoyiannis, Andreas ^a   Madariaga, Juan ^b   Tassopoulos, Nikos ^a   Dervenis, Ch ^a  

^a AGIA OLGA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; Liver metastases; Lung metastases; diaphragmatic plication; TTA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 42449161083     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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