Outcome of hepatectomy in hepatocellular carcinoma patients aged 80 years and older

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 59, Issue 117, 2012, Pages 1553-1555

  Tsujita, Eiji ^a   Utsunomiya, Tohru ^a   Yamashita, Yo Ichi ^a   Ohta, Mitsuhiko ^a   Tagawa, Tetsuzo ^a   Matsuyama, Ayumi ^a   Okazaki, Jin ^a   Yamamoto, Manabu ^a   Tsutsui, Shin Ichi ^a   Ishida, Teruyoshi ^a  

^a ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Octogenarians; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865158791     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5754/hge09485     Document Type: Article

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