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The impact of age and ageing on hepatocarcinoma surgery: Short- and long-term outcomes in a multicentre propensity-matched cohort.

Simone FamularoStefano Di SandroAlessandro GianiMarco AngrisaniAndrea LauterioFabrizio RomanoLuca GianottiLuciano De Carlis
Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2019)
Ageing per se is not an absolute contraindication for liver resection, given the acceptable oncologic long-term prognosis, but the worse short-term outcomes in the elderly should induce an accurate patient selection.
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