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Laparoscopic Liver Resection Headed for Mainstream
Laparoscopic Liver Resection Headed for Mainstream
D Mahoney
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20110311
2011 Apr 11
Elsevier Global Medical News
Laparoscopic Liver Resection Headed for Mainstream
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2011 Apr 11, D Mahoney
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News ArticleSAN ANTONIO (EGMN) - Laparoscopic liver resection provides significant intraoperative and postoperative benefits, compared with open hepatic resection, in patients with benign and malignant tumors and it does not compromise 5-year outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma or colorectal cancer metastases, said Dr. David A. Geller, codirector of the liver cancer center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.Not yet considered standard of care, "laparoscopic hepatic resection [LHR] has...