The falciform ligament and the ligamentum teres: Friend or foe

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 678-680

  Bills, Daniel ^a   Moore, Suzanne ^a  

^a BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; BLEEDING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALCIFORM LIGAMENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOMA; LYMPHANGIOMA; PARANGANGLIOMA; PERITONEUM; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; ROUND LIGAMENT OF LIVER; SARCOMA; SEPSIS; SHORT SURVEY; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; LIVER; UMBILICAL VEINS; UMBILICUS;

EID: 70350505936     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.05050.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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