Laparoscopic versus open liver resection for elderly patients with malignant liver tumors: A single-center experience

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1279-1283

  Chan, Albert C Y ^a   Poon, Ronnie T P ^a,b   Cheung, Tan To ^a   Chok, Kenneth S H ^a   Dai, Wing Chiu ^a   Chan, See Ching ^a,b   Lo, Chung Mau ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Laparoscopic resection; Liver cancer; Liver resection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SIZE; CHEST INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAPAROSCOPIC LIVER RESECTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN LIVER RESECTION; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900538341     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgh.12539     Document Type: Article

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