Is laparoscopic total gastrectomy the right operation?

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1143-

  Edil, Barish H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MORBIDITY; NOTE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STOMACH CANCER; TOTAL STOMACH RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73149119570     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.213     Document Type: Note

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