Impact of Liver Cirrhosis on Perioperative Outcomes Among Elderly Patients Undergoing Hepatectomy: the Effect of Minimally Invasive Surgery.
Kota SaharaAnghela Z ParedesDiamantis I TsilimigrasJ Madison HyerKatiuscha MerathLu WuRittal MehtaEliza W BealSusan WhiteItaru EndoTimothy M PawlikPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2019)
The presence of cirrhosis did not generally impact outcomes in elderly patients undergoing hepatectomy for benign and malignant diseases. MIS hepatectomy in the elderly Medicare beneficiary population reduced LOS among patients without cirrhosis, yet was not associated with differences in morbidity or mortality.