title: General surgery.
abstract: Ambulatory surgery now accounts for approximately 50% of all surgery in the United States. Minimally invasive procedures have entered the vascular arena with transfemoral endovascular graft replacement. A bioartificial liver support system was tested in seven patients with the use of porcine hepatocytes.
authors.affiliation: University of California-Davis, Oakland, USA.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Organ
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States