Yusuke Takemura, Hideki Endo, Taizo Hibi, Yutaka Nakano, Ryo Seishima, Masashi Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Hiromichi Maeda, Kazuhiro Hanazaki, Akinobu Taketomi, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Yasuyuki Seto, Hideki Ueno, Masaki Mori, Yuko Kitagawa
AIM: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly impacted the allocation of medical resources, including cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment. We aimed to investigate the effects of the pandemic on morbidity and mortality following hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS: We identified patients who underwent hepatectomy for HCC between 2018 and 2021 from the Japanese National Clinical Database (NCD). The number of surgical cases, the use of intensive care units, and the incidence of morbidity were assessed...
February 3, 2024: Hepatology Research: the Official Journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology