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New City of Hope study shows liver surgery to remove cancer can now be a safe, outpatient procedure - EurekAlert


New City of Hope study shows liver surgery to remove cancer can now be a safe, outpatient procedure - Readmission rate of open liver surgery is 20-25% at most major cancer centers, yet the readmission rate for robotic hepatectomy was 1.6% in this retrospective analysis of data from six centers in two nations

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