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Outpatient follow-up system using a personal computer for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after surgery

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A simple outpatient follow-up system was developed with a laptop personal computer to assist management of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatic resections. Since it is based on a non-relational database program and the graphical user interface of Macintosh operating system, those who are not a specialist of the computer operation can use it. It is helpful to promptly recognize current status and problems of the patients, to diagnose recurrences of the disease and to prevent lost from follow-up cases. A portability of the computer also facilitates utilization of these data everywhere, such as in clinical conferences and laboratories.

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  1. From the Department of Surgery II and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 812, Fukuoka, Japan

    Hidetoshi Itasaka, Takashi Matsumata, Akinobu Taketomi, Kazuharu Yamamoto, Katsuhiko Yanaga, Kenji Takenaka, Kouhei Akazawa & Keizo Sugimachi

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Itasaka, H., Matsumata, T., Taketomi, A. et al. Outpatient follow-up system using a personal computer for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after surgery. J Med Syst 18, 329–333 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00999274

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