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Comment
. 2015 Jul-Sep;28(3):218.
doi: 10.1590/S0102-67202015000300019.

Associating liver radiofrequency and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Fábio Luiz Waechter  1 , Rinaldo Danesi Pinto  2 , Felipe Koleski  2 , José Artur Sampaio  1 , Uirá Fernandes Teixeira  1
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Comment

Associating liver radiofrequency and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Fábio Luiz Waechter et al. Arq Bras Cir Dig. 2015 Jul-Sep.
No abstract available

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Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1. Columns of denatured liver tissue made by radiofrequency
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2. Completion of extended right hepatectomy
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