Living donor liver transplantation versus deceased donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: A meta-analysis

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1226-1236

  Liang, Wenhua ^a   Wu, Linwei ^a   Ling, Xiaoting ^a   Schroder, Paul M ^b   Ju, Weiqiang ^a   Wang, Dongping ^a   Shang, Yushu ^a   Kong, Yuan ^a   Guo, Zhiyong ^a   He, Xiaoshun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867541890     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23490     Document Type: Article

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