Use of a lead shield for laparoscopic detection of the sentinel lymph nodes in gastric cancer
โ Scribed by Kazuhiro Yasuda; Koichi Ishikawa; Kazuya Sonoda; Masafumi Inomata; Norio Shiraishi; Seigo Kitano
- Book ID
- 108987912
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 95 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0915-5635
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