Surgical treatment of giant hepatic hemangiomas: Technical point of view

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-54

  Choi, Julian ^a   Lee, Young Joo ^a   Hwang, Dae Wook ^a   Chon, Sang Hoon ^a   Nagpal, Anish ^b   Park, Kwang Min ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Haribhakti Surgical Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GLISSONEAN PEDICLE TRANSECTION METHOD; HUMAN; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; LIVER HANGING MANEUVER; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL VASCULAR EXCLUSION; TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651371324     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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