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Hepatic Resection for Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis

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Hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in cirrhosis is now considered as a routine operation in specialised centres and carries a low operative risk in selected patients. 1

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Smadja, C., Roudié, J. (2002). Hepatic Resection for Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis. In: Habib, N.A. (eds) Multi-Treatment Modalities of Liver Tumours. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0547-1_3

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