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SUBMITTER: Tanemura A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7603728 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BMC surgery 20201031 1
<h4>Background</h4>Several inflammation-based scores are used to assess the surgical outcomes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of the present study was to elucidate the prognostic value of the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) in HCC patients who underwent hepatectomy with special attention to preoperative liver functional reserve.<h4>Methods</h4>Preoperative demographic and tumor-related factors were analyzed in 189 patients with HCC undergoing initial hepatectomy from August 2005 to ...[more]