Hepatic resection in Canada: Rates and geographic variation

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  McColl, Ryan J ^a   Brar, Balpreet ^a   Ghali, William A ^a   Dixon, Elijah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; STATISTICS;

CANADA; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 73449100536     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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