Outcome of right hepatectomies in patients older than 70 years

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 547-552

  Cescon, Matteo ^b   Grazi, Gian Luca ^a   Del Gaudio, Massimo ^b   Ercolani, Giorgio ^b   Ravaioli, Matteo ^b   Nardo, Bruno ^b   Cavallari, Antonino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER RESECTION; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BILIRUBIN; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037694859     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.138.5.547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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