Management of hemangioma of the liver: Surgical therapy or observation?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1303-1312

  Yedibela, Süleyman ^a   Alibek, Sedat ^a   Müller, Volker ^a   Aydin, Ünal ^b   Langheinrich, Melanie ^a   Lohmüller, Clemens ^a   Hohenberger, Werner ^a   Perrakis, Aristotelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; LIVER NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877731285     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-1904-1     Document Type: Article

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