Resection remains the treatment of choice in liver cancer. In order to avoid liver transplantation in conventionally unresectable tumors ex-situ ("bench" procedure), in-situ and ante-situm resection technique should be preferred whenever feasible. Despite the deficiency of donor organs, a single cen
Experience with transplantation in the treatment of liver cancer
β Scribed by Roger L. Jenkins; C. Wright Pinson; Michael D. Stone
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 630 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0344-5704
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