Impact of age on the outcome of liver resections

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 453-460

  Aldrighetti, Luca ^a,b   Arru, Marcella ^a   Calori, Giliola ^a   Caterini, Roberto ^a   Comotti, Laura ^a   Torri, Giorgio ^a   Ferla, Gianfranco ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIGATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTAL VEIN; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONSTRICTION; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTAL VEIN; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2542528462     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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