Surgical treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

Surgery Today

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 833-843

  Hasegawa, Kiyoshi ^a   Kokudo, Norihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomic resection; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver resection; Liver transplantation; Treatment algorithm

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; CADAVER DONOR; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; ENUCLEATION; HEMIHEPATECTOMY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN; LIVING DONOR; LOBECTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CANCER; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 70349559926     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-008-4024-z     Document Type: Review

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