No silver bullet in liver transection: What has 35 years of new technology added to liver surgery?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 204-205

  Chapman, William C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INCISION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER TRANSECTION; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; CARCINOMA; HEMOSTASIS; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGATION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; SUTURING METHOD;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIGATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 68949104120     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181b6df4b     Document Type: Editorial

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