A review of factors predicting perioperative death and early outcome in hepatopancreaticobiliary cancer surgery

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Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 380-388

  Mann, Chris D ^a   Palser, Tom ^b   Briggs, Chris D ^a   Cameron, Iain ^c   Rees, Myrrdin ^d   Buckles, John ^e   Berry, David P ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d BASINGSTOKE AND NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatopancreaticobiliary cancer; Perioperative mortality; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; SERUM ALBUMIN; UREA;

AGE; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BYPASS SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM CANCER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER SURGERY; MEDLINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREAS SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 77956939067     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2010.00179.x     Document Type: Review

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