Laparoscopic liver resection: A systematic review

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 410-421

  Viganò, Luca ^a   Tayar, Claude ^a   Laurent, Alexis ^a   Cherqui, Daniel ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic liver resection; Laparoscopic liver surgery; Laparoscopy; Liver resection; Liver surgery; Review

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; GAS EMBOLISM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EMBOLISM, AIR; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMOPERITONEUM, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650591027     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-009-0120-8     Document Type: Review

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