Preventing a rupture of esophagogastric varices (EGV) is very important in aggressively treating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in cirrhotic patients. We therefore performed simultaneous partial hepatic resection and direct interruption procedure on nine patients with HCC and concomitant EGV. Patien
Successful treatment of early hepatocellular carcinoma and concomitant esophageal varices
โ Scribed by Hidefumi Higashi; Takashi Matsumata; Tohru Utsunomiya; Nobuhiro Koyanagi; Makoto Hashizume; Keizo Sugimachi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 573 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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