The technical advance and impact of caudate lobe venous reconstruction in left liver: additional safety for living-related donor liver transplantation
โ Scribed by Shintaro Yamazaki; Tadatoshi Takayama; Masatoshi Makuuchi
- Book ID
- 110917385
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 269 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0934-0874
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