ArticleWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery2021
Liver resection
Article in World journal of gastrointestinal surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Comparison of surgical resection and radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma (≤ 3 cm): an updated meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Liver resection versus radiofrequency ablation for solitary small hepatocellular carcinoma measuring ≤3 cm: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Liver resection versus radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma: A systemic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Thermal ablation versus liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of propensity-score matched studies.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Radiofrequency Ablation versus Surgical Resection in Elderly Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024Pooled it
- Comparison of robotic liver resection in obese vs. non-obese patients: a multicentric propensity score-matched analysis of perioperative outcomes.Updates in surgery · 2025Article
- Robotic navigation-assisted percutaneous liver puncture: a pilot study.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Open, laparoscopic liver resection and percutaneous thermal ablation in elderly patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: outcomes and therapeutic strategy.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- Providing higher value care for hepatocellular carcinoma rather than diagnosis: What can current radiologists do?World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundLiver resection and radiofrequency ablation are considered curative options for hepatocellular carcinoma. The choice between these techniques is still controversial especially in cases of hepatocellular carcinoma affecting posterosuperior segments in elderly patients.
aimTo compare post-operative outcomes between liver resection and radiofrequency ablation in elderly with single hepatocellular carcinoma located in posterosuperior segments.
methodsA retrospective multicentric study was performed enrolling 77 patients age ≥ 70-years-old with single hepatocellular carcinoma (≤ 30 mm), located in posterosuperior segments (4a, 7, 8). Patients were divided into liver resection and radiofrequency ablation groups and preoperative, peri-operative and long-term outcomes were retrospectively analyzed and compared using a 1:1 propensity score matching.
resultsAfter propensity score matching, twenty-six patients were included in each group. Operative time and overall postoperative complications were higher in the resection group compared to the ablation group (165 min
conclusionRadiofrequency ablation in posterosuperior segments in elderly is safe and feasible and ensures a short hospital stay, better quality of life and does not modify the overall and disease-free survival.
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