Rosalinda Filippo, Maria Conticchio, Francesca Ratti, Riccardo Inchingolo, Maximiliano Gelli, Ferdinando Massimiliano Anelli, Alexis Laurent, Giulio Cesare Vitali, Paolo Magistri, Giacomo Assirati, Emanuele Felli, Taiga Wakabayashi, Patrick Pessaux, Tullio Piardi, Fabrizio Di Benedetto, Nicola de'Angelis, Delgado Francisco Javier Briceno, Antonio Gaetano Rampoldi, Renè Adam, Daniel Cherqui, Luca Aldrighetti, Riccardo Memeo
BACKGROUND: Liver resection (LR) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) are considered curative options for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study was to compare outcomes after LR and RFA in octogenarian patients with HCC. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This multicenter retrospective study included 102 elderly patients (> 80 years old) treated between January 2009 and January 2019, who underwent LR or RFA for HCC (65 and 37 with, respectively). RESULTS: After Propensity Score Matching, the postoperative course of LR was burdened by a higher rate of complications than RFA group (64% vs 14%, respectively, p: 0...
December 19, 2022: Surgical Endoscopy