Is Resection Equivalent to Transplantation for Early Cirrhotic Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma? A Meta-Analysis

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1897-1909

  Rahman, Atiq ^a   Assifi, M Mura ^b   Pedroso, Felipe E ^b   Maley, Warren R ^b   Sola, Juan E ^a   Lavu, Harish ^b   Winter, Jordan M ^b   Yeo, Charles J ^b   Koniaris, Leonidas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Hepatectomy; Liver resection; Liver transplantation; Outcomes; Treatment

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866553035     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-012-1973-8     Document Type: Review

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