A Comparative Analysis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Hepatic Resection in Young versus Elderly Patients

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1736-1743

  Lee, Cho Rok ^a   Lim, Jin Hong ^a   Kim, Sung Hoon ^b   Ahn, Sang Hoon ^a   Park, Young Nyun ^a   Choi, Gi Hong ^a   Choi, Jin Sub ^a   Kim, Kyung Sik ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age; Hepatic resection; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865487632     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-012-1966-7     Document Type: Article

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