Seven hundred forty-seven hepatectomies in the 1990s: an update to evaluate the actual risk of liver resection1

Abstract

The 1% basic risk of elective liver resection on normal liver suggests that indications of resection for malignancy could be extended, unless an associated extrahepatic procedure is needed. Because of this low basic risk, future studies evaluating resection on normal liver should not consider in-hospital mortality as the only end point.