The alpps procedure for extended indications in liver surgery: An old finding applied in surgical oncology

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 257, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Sotiropoulos, Georgios C ^a,b   Kouraklis, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; GALACTOSE;

CATALYST; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER WEIGHT; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VEIN LIGATION;

FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 84879125063     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182942e4a     Document Type: Letter

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