Development and clinical usefulness of the liver hanging maneuver in various anatomical hepatectomy procedures

Surgery Today

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 398-404

  Nanashima, Atsushi ^a   Nagayasu, Takeshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Hepatobiliary malignancies; Liver hanging maneuver; Major anatomic resection; Surgical records

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT CANCER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAVA VEIN; FORCEPS; HUMAN; LIVER HANGING MANEUVER; LIVER RESECTION; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; HEPATECTOMY; OPERATIVE TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84959175534     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-015-1166-7     Document Type: Review

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