TY  - JOUR
T1  - TUmor size and operative risks of extended right-sided hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma—invited critique
AU  - Bastidas J
Y1  - 2007/01/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.142.1.69
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 69
EP  - 69
VL  - 142
IS  - 1
N2  - 
Chik and colleagues report surgical outcome data on patients undergoing extended right-sided hepatic resections for hepatocellular carcinoma. This series of 172 patients older than 16 years included 82% of patients with underlying chronic liver disease and 26% with cirrhosis. Results are excellent, including an operative mortality of 8%, major morbidity of 14%, and disease-free survival of 9 months; overall survival was 34 months. Stratification of patients with tumors 10 cm or larger (n = 114) or smaller than 10 cm (n = 58) demonstrated a 5-fold increase in mortality in the patients with smaller tumors.

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.142.1.69
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.142.1.69
ER  -