Comparison of 5 surgical techniques for partial liver lobectomy in the dog for intraoperative blood loss and surgical time

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 856-862

  Risselada, Marije ^a   Ellison, Gary W ^a   Bacon, Nicholas J ^a   Polyak, Maximilian M R ^a,b   van Gilder, Jim ^a   Kirkby, Kristin ^a   Kim, Stanley E ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; HEMOSTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; DOGS; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HEPATECTOMY; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77950996188     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2010.00719.x     Document Type: Article

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