Intraoperative “white test” for bile leak detection during liver resection: a video vignette
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Authors
- Nicola Colucci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4939-981X)
- Graziano Oldani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6637-0675)
- M. Bleszynski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7780-2197)
- Peter TW Kim
- Anastasios D. Giannou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4152-4201)
- Muhammad Uzair Khalid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6269-9839)
- Maja Segedi
- Stéphanie Chartier-Plante (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7416-1611)
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Vancouver General Hospital (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Daehan nae'si'gyeong bog'gang'gyeong oe'gwa haghoeji/Journal of minimally invasive surgery
- Published
- 2026-09-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7602/jmis.2026.29.3.167
- Primary Topic
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00