Surgical risks and perioperative complications of instrumented lumbar surgery in patients with liver cirrhosis

Surgical risks and perioperative complications of instrumented lumbar surgery in patients with liver cirrhosis

Background: Patients with liver cirrhosis have high surgical risks due to malnutrition, impaired immunity, coagulopathy, and encephalopathy. However, there is no information in English literature about the results of liver cirrhotic patients who underwent instrumented lumbar surgery. The purpose of...

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Main Authors: Tung-Yi Lin, Jen-Chung Liao, Wen-Jer Chen, Lih-Huei Chen, Chi-Chien Niu, Tsai-Sheng Fu, Po-Liang Lai, Tsung-Ting Tsai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-02-01
Series:Biomedical Journal
Subjects:
child-turcotte-pugh score
instrumented lumbar surgery
liver cirrhosis
perioperative complications and morbidity
Online Access:http://www.biomedj.org/article.asp?issn=2319-4170;year=2014;volume=37;issue=1;spage=18;epage=23;aulast=Lin

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