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. 2021 Mar 16;9(8):1793-1802.
doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i8.1793.

Risk factors for post-hepatectomy liver failure in 80 patients

Ying Xing  1 , Zheng-Rong Liu  1 , Wei Yu  1 , Hong-Yi Zhang  1 , Mao-Min Song  2
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Risk factors for post-hepatectomy liver failure in 80 patients

Ying Xing et al. World J Clin Cases. .

Abstract

Background: Post-hepatectomy liver failure (PHLF) is a serious complication and a leading cause of death after hepatectomy, an accurate prediction of PHLF is important for improvement of prognosis after hepatectomy.

Aim: To retrospectively analyze the risk factors for postoperative liver failure in patients undergoing hepatectomy for liver tumors.

Methods: The clinical data of 80 patients undergoing hepatectomy in our hospital from June 2018 to January 2020 were collected. With laboratory examination as well as pre- and post-operative abdominal three-dimensional reconstructive computed tomography, the demographic data, surgical data, biochemical indicators, coagulation index, routine blood tests, spleen and liver volumes, relative remnant liver volume, and other related indicators were obtained and compared between patients with PHLF and those without PHLF.

Results: PHLF occurred in 19 (23.75%) patients. Univariate logistic regression analysis showed that gender, history of hepatitis/cirrhosis, and preoperative bilirubin, albumin, coagulation function, albumin-bilirubin ratio, aspartate amino-transferase-to-platelet ratio index (APRI), Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score, spleen volume (SV), spleen volume/liver volume ratio (SV/LV), and relative remnant liver volume were statistically associated with the occurrence of PHLF (all P < 0.05). Multivariate regression analysis showed that preoperative total bilirubin, platelets (PLT), APRI, and SV/LV were independent risk factors for PHLF (all P < 0.05). The area under the curve and cut-off values were 0.787 and 18.6 mmol/L for total bilirubin, 0.893 and 146 × 1012/L for PLT, 0.907 and 0.416 for APRI, and 0.752 and 20.84% for SV/LV, respectively.

Conclusion: For patients undergoing liver resection, preoperative total bilirubin, PLT, APRI, and SV/LV are independent risk factors for PHLF. These findings may provide guidance to safely perform liver surgery in such patients.

Keywords: Hepatectomy; Liver failure; Liver tumors; Risk factors.

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Conflict-of-interest statement: We do not have any patents, whether planned, pending or issued, broadly relevant to the work.

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Figure 1
Receiver operating characteristic curves of total bilirubin, aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index and spleen volume/liver volume ratio in predicting the occurrence of post-hepatectomy liver failure. ROC: Receiver operating characteristic.
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Figure 2
Receiver operating characteristic curve of platelets in predicting the occurrence of post-hepatectomy liver failure. ROC: Receiver operating characteristic.
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