The three-surgeon technique for liver tissue dissection: Towards real bloodless hepatectomy

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 304-309

  Petrou, Athanasios ^a   Kontos, M ^b   Prassas, E ^c   Bramis, K ^a   Papalambros, A ^b   Brennan, N ^a   Mihas, C ^b   Felekouras, E ^b  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bloodless surgery; Hepatectomy; Parenchymal transaction; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE SURGEON TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETER ABLATION; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84863626170     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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