Short-Term Outcomes following Hepatectomy in Elderly Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Analysis of 10,805 Septuagenarians and 2,381 Octo- and Nonagenarians in Japan | Zendy

Hiroko Okinaga | Zendy; Hideo Yasunaga | Zendy; Kiyoshi Hasegawa | Zendy; Kiyohide Fushimi | Zendy; Norihiro Kokudo | Zendy

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Short-Term Outcomes following Hepatectomy in Elderly Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Analysis of 10,805 Septuagenarians and 2,381 Octo- and Nonagenarians in Japan

Author(s) -

Hiroko Okinaga,

Hideo Yasunaga,

Kiyoshi Hasegawa,

Kiyohide Fushimi,

Norihiro Kokudo

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

liver cancer

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.916

H-Index - 34

eISSN - 2235-1795

pISSN - 1664-5553

DOI - 10.1159/000484178

Subject(s) - medicine , hepatectomy , hepatocellular carcinoma , confidence interval , odds ratio , gastroenterology , logistic regression , population , surgery , resection , environmental health

As the population is aging, the indication for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) resection in patients aged over 80 years will increase. Japan is facing the most aging society worldwide. We examined the safety of hepatectomy in octogenarians and nonagenarians using large-scale data from the Diagnosis Procedure Combination database, a national administrative database in Japan.

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