Surgery
Volume 147, Issue 1 , Pages 40-48 , January 2010

Two-surgeon technique of parenchymal transection contributes to reduced transfusion rate in patients undergoing major hepatectomy: Analysis of 1,557 consecutive liver resections

  • Martin Palavecino, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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  • Yoji Kishi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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  • Yun S. Chun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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  • David L. Brown, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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  • Vijaya N.R. Gottumukkala, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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  • Benjamin Lichtiger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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  • Steven A. Curley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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  • Eddie K. Abdalla, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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  • Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, MD, Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 444, Houston, TX 77030.

,Accepted 25 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.06.027

Surgery
Volume 147, Issue 1 , Pages 40-48 , January 2010

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