Lactate levels in cirrhotic patients undergoing liver resection.
OBJECTIVE
The role of lactate in liver ischemia-reperfusion injury in cirrhosis has not been clarified.


METHODS
One hundred patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent partial liver resection under Pringle's maneuver were included in this study. Blood lactate was measured before the operation, three times during the surgery and on the first postoperative day to calculate its rate of accumulation or elimination. Aminotransferase levels were also recorded perioperatively. We calculated the rate of lactate accumulation during the pre-ischemic and ischemic phases and the elimination rate during the post-ischemic phase, and examined the correlation between these results and the clinical findings.


RESULTS
The rate of lactate accumulation during the pre-ischemic and ischemic phases was correlated with the preoperative indocyanine green retention rate (P = 0.04 and P = 0.004, respectively). The indocyanine green retention rate tended to be correlated with the rate of lactate elimination during the post-ischemic phase (P = 0.06).


CONCLUSIONS
The blood lactate profile might be a reliable indicator of liver function during the perioperative period in cirrhotic patients who undergo liver resection with Pringle's maneuver.
Kato
M
M
Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Sugawara
Y
Y
Orii
R
R
Hayashida
M
M
Kaneko
J
J
Takayama
T
T
Hanaoka
K
K
Makuuchi
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000097:blood*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000097:blood*
D007773:Lactates