Postoperative Albumin–Bilirubin Grade Change Predicts the Prognosis of Patients with Hepatitis B-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma Within the Milan Criteria

• Published in: World journal of surgery Vol. 42; no. 6; pp. 1841 - 1847
• Main Authors: Li, Chuan, Zhang, Xiao-Yun, Peng, Wei, Wen, Tian-Fu, Yan, Lu-Nan, Li, Bo, Yang, Jia-Yin, Wang, Wen-Tao, Xu, Ming-Qing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.06.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Albumin; Bilirubin; Cardiac Surgery; Criteria; General Surgery; Hepatitis; Hepatitis B; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver; Liver cancer; Medical prognosis; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Microvasculature; Original Scientific Report; Patients; Postoperative period; Regression analysis; Surgery; Survival; Thoracic Surgery; Transfusion; Tumors; Vascular Surgery; Viruses; α-Fetoprotein

Objective Albumin–bilirubin (ALBI) grade has been validated as a simple, evidence-based, and objective prognostic tool for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, minimal information is available concerning postoperative ALBI grade changes in HCC. This study aimed to investigate the p...