Hepatic resection is justified for elderly patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2223-2229

  Kondo, Kazuhiro ^a   Chijiiwa, Kazuo ^a   Funagayama, Mayumi ^a   Kai, Masahiro ^a   Otani, Kazuhiro ^a   Ohuchida, Jiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL STRESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51649086596     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9688-4     Document Type: Article

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