Surgical treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: experience with liver resection and transplantation in 198 patients.

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Published in World J Surg on June 14, 1991

Authors

B Ringe1, R Pichlmayr, C Wittekind, G Tusch

Author Affiliations

1: Klinik für Abdominal- und Transplantationschirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany.

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