Efficacy of a hepatectomy and a tumor thrombectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma with tumor thrombus extending to the main portal vein

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1921-1928

  Ban, Daisuke ^a   Shimada, Kazuaki ^a   Yamamoto, Yusuke ^a   Nara, Satoshi ^a   Esaki, Minoru ^a   Sakamoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Kosuge, Tomoo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Main portal vein; Thrombectomy; Tumor thrombus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROSA; THROMBECTOMY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROUS MEMBRANE; THROMBECTOMY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77952998385     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-009-0998-0     Document Type: Article

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