Radio-frequency-assisted liver partition with portal vein ligation (RALPP) for liver regeneration

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e46-e47

  Schadde, Erik ^a   Clavien, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATING LIVER PARTITION WITH PORTAL VEIN LIGATION FOR TAGED HEPATECTOMY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LETTER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MICROWAVE THERAPY; MORBIDITY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; VEIN LIGATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SECONDARY;

CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 84926993965     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000609     Document Type: Letter

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