Liver resections in over-75-year-old patients: Surgical hazard or current practice?

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 186-193

  Aldrighetti, Luca ^a,b   Arru, Marcella ^a   Catena, Marco ^a   Finazzi, Renato ^a   Ferla, Gianfranco ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concomitant diseases; Elderly; Liver resection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644912296     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20342     Document Type: Article

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