Impact of advanced age on the outcome of liver resection

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1149-1154

  Aldrighetti, Luca ^a   Arru, Marcella ^a   Caterini, Roberto ^a   Finazzi, Renato ^a   Comotti, Laura ^a   Torri, Giorgio ^a   Ferla, Gianfranco ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141992316     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-003-7072-y     Document Type: Article

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