Recent advances in the management of primary hepatic tumors refinement of surgical techniques and effect on outcome

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 745-754

  Sharma, Rohit ^b   Gibbs, John F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Guillotine technique; Hepatectomy; Laparoscopy; Liver neoplasms; Liver surgery

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMIHEPATECTOMY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER SURGERY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 77953015335     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21506     Document Type: Review

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