A study into the risk of exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B after liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 612-618

  Thia, Teck Joo Kelvin ^a   Lui, Hock Foong ^a   Ooi, Lucien London ^b   Chung, Yaw Fui ^a   Chow, Pierce Kah Hoe ^a   Cheow, Peng Chung ^a   Tan, Yu Meng ^a   Chow, Wan Cheng ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Decompensation; Liver cancer; Liver failure; Reactivation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247562888     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0121-3     Document Type: Article

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