Liver Resections Can Be Safely Performed in Cirrhotic Patients after Careful Patient Selection

CONCLUSIONS: Liver resections in cirrhotic livers are feasible after adequate patient selection and limitation of the extent of surgery. Comorbidities additionally increase the postoperative mortality in addition to impaired liver function and should therefore always be included into the preoperative assessment of patients undergoing liver surgery.PMID:33663000 | DOI:10.1055/a-1373-6218

Source: Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie - March 4, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Lea Penzkofer Tobias Huber Jens Mittler Hauke Lang Stefan Heinrich Source Type: research