Is hepatic resection absolutely contraindicated for hepatocellular carcinoma in Child-Pugh class C cirrhotic patients?

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 635-639

  Wu, Cheng Chung ^a,b   Ho, William Lin ^a   Lin, Min Che ^a,b   Tang, Jiun Sherng ^a,b   Yeh, Dah Cherng ^a,b   Liu, Tse Jia ^a,b   P'eng, Fang Ku ^a,b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Child Pugh classification; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cirrhosis; Liver resection

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLEARANCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032949694     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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