The ALPPS approach: Should we sacrifice basic therapeutic rules in the name of innovation?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1520-1521

  Figueras, J ^a   Belghiti, J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^b BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; PROCEDURES; SECONDARY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 84902181150     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-014-2540-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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