The survival paradox of elderly patients after major liver resections

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2196-2203

  Ijtsma, Alexander J C ^a   Boevé, Liselotte M S ^a   Van Der Hilst, Christian S ^a   De Boer, Marieke T ^a   De Jong, Koert P ^a   Peeters, Paul M J G ^a   Gouw, Annet S H ^a   Porte, Robert J ^a   Slooff, Maarten J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Case control studies; Liver; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57049141574     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-008-0563-2     Document Type: Article

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