Which type of incision for liver transplantation?

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 452-

  Adani, Gian Luigi ^a   Rossetto, Anna ^a   Bitetto, Davide ^a   Bresadola, Vittorio ^a   Baccarani, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; ASCITES; BODY MASS; GENDER; HUMAN; INCISION; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; J SHAPED INCISION; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MERCEDES INCISION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND COMPLICATION; HERNIA; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HERNIA; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649213508     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21741     Document Type: Letter

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