Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number and short-term outcomes in hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma: Results from the Japanese National Clinical Database, 2018-2021.
Yusuke TakemuraHideki EndoTaizo HibiYutaka NakanoRyo SeishimaMasashi TakeuchiHiroyuki YamamotoHiromichi MaedaKazuhiro HanazakiAkinobu TaketomiYoshihiro KakejiYasuyuki SetoHideki UenoMasaki MoriYuko KitagawaPublished in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2024)
The present study showed the decreasing number of resected cases for HCC, while the surgical safety for hepatectomy was enough to be maintained by managing medical resources in Japan.