Comparative short-term benefits of laparoscopic liver resection: 9000 cases and climbing

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 263, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 761-777

  Ciria, Ruben ^a,b   Cherqui, Daniel ^c   Geller, David A ^d   Briceno, Javier ^b   Wakabayashi, Go ^a,e  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^c HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Ageo Central General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Liver resection; Meta analysis; Minimally invasive; Outcomes; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC LIVER RESECTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR SURGERY; MINOR SURGERY; OPEN LIVER RESECTION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASES; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84942828428     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001413     Document Type: Article

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