Liver Resection in the Elderly: Significance of Comorbidities and Blood Loss

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1161-1170

  Schiergens, Tobias S ^a   Stielow, Carsta ^a   Schreiber, Stefanie ^a   Hornuss, Cyrill ^a   Jauch, Karl Walter ^a   Rentsch, Markus ^a   Thasler, Wolfgang E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hepatectomy; Liver resection; Outcome; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE; AGED; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BLOOD VOLUME; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD VOLUME; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; COMORBIDITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84901465349     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-014-2516-2     Document Type: Article

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