Experience with more than 500 minimally invasive hepatic procedures: A serious note of caution

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 249, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1064-1065

  Donadon, Matteo ^a   Botea, Florin ^a   Belliappa, Vikram ^a   Montorsi, Marco ^a   Torzilli, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER TUMOR; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; LIVER RESECTION; NOTE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CATHETER ABLATION; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 67649216268     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181a8836c     Document Type: Letter

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