title: [Complications of surgery in cirrhosis].
abstract: Extraabdominal operations are relatively well tolerated by the cirrhotic patient. However abdominal and thoracic surgery are followed by a very high morbidity and a mortality reaching 50% in these patients. Aggravating factors such as a decompensated cirrhosis and an alcoholic or viral hepatitis bear a catastrophic prognosis. The decision to perform surgery should as much as possible imply a knowledge of the histological nature of the cirrhosis and an intensive pre-operative preparation of the patient particularly in the respiratory and cardiac field.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications
vernacular_title: Complications de la chirurgie chez le cirrhotique