Right hepatic lobectomy in elderly patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 514-518

  Yamamoto, Kazuharu ^a   Takenaka, Kenji ^a   Matsumata, Takashi ^a   Shimada, Mitsuo ^a   Itasaka, Hidetoshi ^a   Shirabe, Ken ^a   Sugimachi, Keizo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hepatic regeneration; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Right hepatic lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LIVER REGENERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030891580     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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