Clinician overconfidence in visual estimation of the posthepatectomy liver remnant volume: A proximal source of liver failure after major hepatic resection?

Post-hepatectomy liver failure is a source of morbidity and mortality after major hepatectomy and is related to the volume of the future liver remnant. The accuracy of a clinician ’s ability to visually estimate the future liver remnant without formal computed tomography liver volumetry is unknown.

Source: Surgery - March 21, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: Camelia Forton, Victor Sandoval, Issac R. Schwantes, Ranish K. Patel, Kenneth J. Kolbeck, Elizabeth N. Dewey, Elena K. Korngold, Skye C. Mayo Source Type: research