Current concepts in hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 44, 2012, Pages 6398-6408

  Cucchetti, Alessandro ^a   Cescon, Matteo ^a   Trevisani, Franco ^b   Pinna, Antonio Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ablation techniques; Hepatic resection; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver failure; Surgical therapy; Survival; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; INDOCYANINE GREEN;

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CHILD TURCOTTE PUGH SCORE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN; LIVER WEIGHT; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

EID: 84873902214     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i44.6398     Document Type: Review

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