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Acta Chirurgica Belgica Volume 109, 2009 - Issue 3
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Original Papers

Major Liver Resections for Primary Liver Malignancies in the Elderly

G. SgourakisDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.;2nd Surgical Department, Korgialenio-Benakio Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece.
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G.C. SotiropoulosDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.View further author information
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M. BockhornDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
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I. FouzasDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.;2nd Surgical Department, Korgialenio-Benakio Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece.
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A. RadtkeDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
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E.P. MolmentiDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
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N. DrüheDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
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C.E. BroelschDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
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C. KaraliotasDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.;2nd Surgical Department, Korgialenio-Benakio Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece.
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H. LangDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
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Pages 340-344 | Published online: 11 Mar 2016

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