title: Risks of intra-abdominal nonshunt surgery in cirrhotics.
abstract: We have reviewed the risks of various nonshunt intra-abdominal operations in cirrhotic patients. Most of these studies are retrospective reviews with limitations. Among various risk stratifications in cirrhosis, Child-Pugh classification is sufficiently informative. Elective surgery can be done safely in patients with Child's A or B class. Operations in Child's C patients and emergent surgery carry formidably high mortality. Limiting the extent of surgery, controlling ascites, correcting coagulation abnormality and malnutrition and aggressively treating infection, might reduce mortality. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and endoscopic sphincterotomy in cirrhotics seem to be promising in reducing mortality and morbidity.
authors.affiliation: GI Division, Wright State University, and VA Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gopalswamy
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Barde
mesh_terms: D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis; D018570:Risk Assessment