Application of a three-dimensional print of a liver in hepatectomy for small tumors invisible by intraoperative ultrasonography: Preliminary experience

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3163-3166

  Igami, Tsuyoshi ^a   Nakamura, Yoshihiko ^b   Hirose, Tomoaki ^a   Ebata, Tomoki ^a   Yokoyama, Yukihiro ^a   Sugawara, Gen ^a   Mizuno, Takashi ^a   Mori, Kensaku ^b   Nagino, Masato ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84921029927     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-014-2740-7     Document Type: Article

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