Thoracoabdominal approach in liver surgery: How, when, and why

Updates in Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-125

  Donadon, Matteo ^a   Costa, Guido ^a   Gatti, Andrea ^a   Torzilli, Guido ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal approach; Hepatectomy; Liver surgery; Technique for liver resection; Thoracoabdominal approach

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD; THORACOTOMY;

ABDOMEN; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 84902155803     PISSN: 2038131X     EISSN: 20383312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13304-013-0244-x     Document Type: Review

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