V-shaped liver retraction during a laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer

Journal of Gastric Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 133-136

  Oh, Dong Kyo ^a   Hur, Hoon ^a   Kim, Jun Young ^a   Han, Sang Uk ^a   Cho, Yong Kwan ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Laparoscopic surgery; Liver retraction; Phrenoesophageal ligament

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867557892     PISSN: 2093582X     EISSN: 20935641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5230/jgc.2010.10.3.133     Document Type: Article

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