Laparoscopic Liver Resection in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Clinics in Liver Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 371-384

  Mittler, Jens ^a   McGillicuddy, John W ^a   Chavin, Kenneth D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Laparoscopic hepatic resection; Noncirrhotic hcc

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAND ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMIHEPATECTOMY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; LIVER RESECTION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRISECTIONECTOMY; WEDGE RESECTION;

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

EID: 79959303402     PISSN: 10893261     EISSN: 15578224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cld.2011.03.009     Document Type: Review

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