A simple and clinically applicable model to predict liver-related morbidity after hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aim

Hepatic resection is a treatment option for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, factors associated with candidacy for resection and predictive of liver-related morbidity after resection for HCC remain unclear. This study aimed to assess candidacy for liver resection in patients with HCC and to design a model predictive of liver-related morbidity after resection.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of 1,565 patients who underwent liver resection for HCC between January 2016 and December 2017 was performed. The primary outcome was liver-related morbidity, including post-hepatectomy biochemical dysfunction (PHBD), ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, rescue liver transplantation, and death from any cause within 90 days. PHBD was defined as internati

SUBMITTER: Choi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7643950 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature