Hepatitis

Research data from Kyushu University update understanding of hepatitis

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, September 28th, 2009

"We aimed to study the early outcome of patients 80 years of age and older undergoing liver resection and to compare the results with the outcomes of patients younger than 80 years of age. All 350 consecutive patients undergoing hepatic resections from 2004 April to 2008 October were included," scientists in Fukuoka, Japan report.

"were divided into two groups: 80 years of age and older (group I; n = 43) and less than 80 years of age (group II; n = 307). Preoperative clinicopathological features, intraoperative factors, in-hospital mortality, postoperative complications, length of hospital stay, operative mortality, morbidity, and prognosis after discharge were analyzed...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2009-09-28)

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