Liver resection using a four-prong radiofrequency transection device

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 991-994

  Wagman, Lawrence D ^a   Lee, Byrne ^b   Castillo, Erick ^c   El Bayar, Hisham ^a   Lai, Lily ^c  

^a ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450265769     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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