Liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma ≤3 cm: Results of an Italian multicenter study on 588 patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 244-254

  Giuliante, Felice ^a   Ardito, Francesco ^a   Pinna, Antonio D ^b   Sarno, Gerardo ^a   Giulini, Stefano M ^c   Ercolani, Giorgio ^b   Portolani, Nazario ^c   Torzilli, Guido ^d   Donadon, Matteo ^d   Aldrighetti, Luca ^e   Pulitanò, Carlo ^e   Guglielmi, Alfredo ^f   Ruzzenente, Andrea ^f   Capussotti, Lorenzo ^g   Ferrero, Alessandro ^g   Calise, Fulvio ^h   Scuderi, Vincenzo ^h   Federico, Bruno ⁱ   Nuzzo, Gennaro ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^g MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

DFS; disease free survival; HCC; hepatocellular carcinoma; liver resection; LR; microvascular invasion; mVI; OS; overall survival; S HCC; small hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864277031     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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