How to transect the liver? A history lasting more than a century

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-34

  Scalzone, Rocco ^a   Lopez Ben, Santiago ^a   Figueras, Joan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clamp crush; CUSA ; Liver transection techniques; Parenchymal division; Pedicle clamping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; HISTORY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER RESECTION; METHODOLOGY;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; HEPATECTOMY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 84859027741     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335719     Document Type: Article

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