Hepatectomy in elderly patients: Does age matter?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2899-2910

  Zhou, Yanming ^a   Zhang, Xiaofeng ^b   Zhang, Zuobing ^a   Liu, Xiaobin ^a   Wu, Lupeng ^a   Li, Yumin ^c   Li, Bin ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER RESECTION; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SECONDARY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890430768     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2184-5     Document Type: Article

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