Laparoscopic staging in gastric cancer: An essential step in its management

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 111-113

  Mahadevan, D ^a   Sudirman, A ^a   Kandasami, P ^a   Ramesh, Gurunathan ^a  

^a Hospital Tuanku Jaafar   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; laparoscopic staging

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649560939     PISSN: 09729941     EISSN: 19983921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-9941.72597     Document Type: Article

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