The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 192, Issue 5 , Pages 690-694 , November 2006

Right inferior phrenic vein indicating the right hepatic vein confluence into the inferior vena cava

  • Guido Torzilli, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • 3rd Department of Surgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, IRCCS, University of Milan, Via Manzoni, 56, I-20089 Rozzano, Milano, Italy
    • Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, 1st Department of Surgery, Ospedale Maggiore di Lodi, Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Lodi, Lodi, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39-02-8224-4083; fax: +39-02-8224-4590.
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  • Marco Montorsi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • 3rd Department of Surgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, IRCCS, University of Milan, Via Manzoni, 56, I-20089 Rozzano, Milano, Italy
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  • Angela Palmisano, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • 3rd Department of Surgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, IRCCS, University of Milan, Via Manzoni, 56, I-20089 Rozzano, Milano, Italy
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  • Daniele Del Fabbro, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • 3rd Department of Surgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, IRCCS, University of Milan, Via Manzoni, 56, I-20089 Rozzano, Milano, Italy
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  • Andrea Gambetti, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, 1st Department of Surgery, Ospedale Maggiore di Lodi, Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Lodi, Lodi, Italy
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  • Matteo Donadon, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • 3rd Department of Surgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, IRCCS, University of Milan, Via Manzoni, 56, I-20089 Rozzano, Milano, Italy
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  • Natale Olivari, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, 1st Department of Surgery, Ospedale Maggiore di Lodi, Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Lodi, Lodi, Italy
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  • Masatoshi Makuuchi, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Received 27 June 2005 ,Revised 26 October 2005

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PII: S0002-9610(05)00847-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.10.022

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 192, Issue 5 , Pages 690-694 , November 2006

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