Liver resection in the elderly

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1386-1390

  Fong, Y ^a,b   Brennan, M F ^a   Cohen, A M ^a   Heffernan, N ^a   Freiman, A ^a   Blumgart, L H ^a  

^a Biostatist Epidemiol St Jude C   (United States)

^b Department of Intcmal Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030873534     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800841014     Document Type: Article

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