Commentary on "preoperative Sarcopenia Negatively Impacts Postoperative Outcomes Following Major Hepatectomy with Extrahepatic Bile Duct Resection"

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2370-2371

  Safer, Vildan Binay ^a   Safer, Umut ^a   Kaplan, Mustafa ^a   Terekeci, Hakan ^a   Top, Cihan ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATIC DUCT; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; SARCOPENIA; SURGERY;

BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84938949461     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-015-3082-9     Document Type: Letter

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