Is liver transplantation safe and effective in elderly (≥70 years) recipients? A case-controlled analysis

HPB

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1088-1094

  Wilson, Gregory C ^a   Quillin, R Cutler ^a   Wima, Koffi ^a   Sutton, Jeffrey M ^a   Hoehn, Richard S ^a   Hanseman, Dennis J ^a   Paquette, Ian M ^a   Paterno, Flavio ^a   Woodle, E Steve ^a   Abbott, Daniel E ^a   Shah, Shimul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGISTER; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911421979     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hpb.12312     Document Type: Conference Paper

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