Liver transplantation versus liver resection for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-53

  Lee, Kyung Keun ^a   Kim, Dong Goo ^a   Moon, In Sung ^a   Lee, Myung Duk ^a   Park, Jung Hyun ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Child A or B; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver resection; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE LEAKAGE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC VEIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 74049088168     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21415     Document Type: Article

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