Significance of Liver Size in Hepatic Surgery | Zendy

Katsuhiko Yanaga | Zendy; Hiroyuki Honda | Zendy; Yoichi Ikeda | Zendy; Akiko Nishizaki | Zendy; K Yamamoto | Zendy; K Sugimachi | Zendy

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Significance of Liver Size in Hepatic Surgery

Author(s) -

Katsuhiko Yanaga,

Hiroyuki Honda,

Yoichi Ikeda,

Akiko Nishizaki,

K Yamamoto,

K Sugimachi

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

hpb surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.561

H-Index - 26

eISSN - 1607-8462

pISSN - 0894-8569

DOI - 10.1155/1997/34842

Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , indocyanine green , cirrhosis , hepatectomy , gastroenterology , surgery , resection

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the significance of liver volumetry as a parameter for hepatic functional reserve in cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Liver volume was calculated from preoperative computed tomograms of 44 cirrhotic patients who underwent elective hepatic resections for hepatocellular carcinoma.The liver volume per body weight of non-alcoholic cirrhotics was significantly smaller than that of alcoholic cirrhotics (20.9 vs. 26.7 cc/kg; p=0.03). The values for alcoholic cirrhotics was comparable with normal values. The liver volume per body weight of the cirrhotic patients demonstrated correlation with the preoperative serum albumin (p<0.01) and indocyanine green clearance (p=0.02). We conclude that the determination of hepatic atrophy by volume try can serve as a parameter for the assessment of hepatic reserve but not as a predictor of postoperative complications in elective liver surgery for cirrhotic patients.

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