title: Complications following hepatectomy.
abstract: As the number of liver resections in the United States has increased, operations are more commonly performed on older patients with multiple comorbidities. The advent of effective chemotherapy and techniques such as portal vein embolization, have compounded the number of increasingly complex resections taking up to 75% of healthy livers. Four potentially devastating complications of liver resection include postoperative hemorrhage, venous thromboembolism, bile leak, and post-hepatectomy liver failure. The risk factors and management of these complications are herein explored, stressing the importance of identifying preoperative factors that can decrease the risk for these potentially fatal complications.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Emory University Hospital, 550 Peachtree Street Northeast, 9th Floor MOT, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA. Electronic address: maria.c.russell@emory.edu.
authors.forename: Maria C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications
keywords: Bile leak; Hepatectomy; Post hepatectomy liver failure; Venous thromboembolism