title: Preoperative segmentation of the liver, based on 3D CT images, facilitates laparoscopic anatomic hepatic resection for small nodular hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology and Digestive Surgery, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medicine and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan. ueno1@m.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakoda
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurahara
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iino
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: Yukou
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mataki
authors.forename: Kosei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maemura
authors.forename: Sumiya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishigami
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takumi
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukukura
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Natsugoe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D057234:Preoperative Period; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed