Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 14, 2008; 14(22): 3587-3590
Published online Jun 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3587
Resection of a locally advanced hilar tumor and the hepatic artery after stepwise hepatic arterial embolization: A case report
Takuya Miura, Kenichi Hakamada, Takashi Ohata, Shunji Narumi, Yoshikazu Toyoki, Masaki Nara, Keinosuke Ishido, Motonari Ohashi, Harue Akasaka, Hiroyuki Jin, Norihito Kubo, Shuichi Ono, Hiroshi Kijima, Mutsuo Sasaki
Takuya Miura, Kenichi Hakamada, Shunji Narumi, Yoshikazu Toyoki, Masaki Nara, Keinosuke Ishido, Motonari Ohashi, Harue Akasaka, Hiroyuki Jin, Norihito Kubo, Mutsuo Sasaki, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan
Takashi Ohata, Shuichi Ono, Department of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan
Motonari Ohashi, Harue Akasaka, Hiroyuki Jin, Hiroshi Kijima, Department of Pathology and Bioscience, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan
Author contributions: Hakamada K, Narumi S, Toyoki Y, Nara M, Ishido K Kubo N and Sasaki M followed the patient; Ohata T and Ono S performed the radiological intervention; Ohashi M, Akasaka H, Jin H and Kijima H performed the pathologic evaluation; Miura T wrote the paper; Hakamada K supervised the writing.
Correspondence to: Kenichi Hakamada, MD, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan. hakamada@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp
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Received: February 5, 2008
Revised: May 12, 2008
Accepted: May 19, 2008
Published online: June 14, 2008
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