The Use of Saline-Linked Radiofrequency Dissecting Sealer for Liver Transection in Patients With Cirrhosis

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 110-114

  Xia, Feng ^a   Wang, Shuguang ^a   Ma, Kuansheng ^a   Feng, Xiaobing ^a   Su, Yongjie ^a   Dong, Jiahong ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cirrhosis; hepatocellular carcinoma; liver transection; saline linked radiofrequency dissecting sealer

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 48949102171     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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