Associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy: Portal vein embolization should remain the gold standard

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 927-928

  Aloia, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASSOCIATING LIVER PARTITION AND PORTAL VEIN LIGATION FOR STAGED HEPATECTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; GASTROENTEROLOGICAL PROCEDURE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; NOTE; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTAL VEIN EMBOLIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; LIGATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PORTAL VEIN; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIGATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 84944789746     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: 21686262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1646     Document Type: Note

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