title: Hemostasis and Hepatic Surgery.
abstract: Operative blood loss is a major source of morbidity and even mortality for patients undergoing hepatic resection. This review discusses strategies to minimize blood loss and the utilization of allogeneic blood transfusion pertaining to oncologic hepatic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room T2016, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, Canada.
authors.forename: Gareth
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eeson
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room T2016, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, Canada. Electronic address: paul.karanicolas@sunnybrook.ca.
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Karanicolas
mesh_terms: D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Blood loss; Blood transfusion; Hemostasis; Liver resection; Low central venous pressure; Parenchymal transection; Topical hemostatic agents; Vascular occlusion