ReviewSurgery today2014
Preoperative liver function assessments to estimate the prognosis and safety of liver resections.
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Who cites it
31 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Dynamic SPECT Assessment of Hepatic Function in Patients With Liver Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Hepatic function assessment to predict post-hepatectomy liver failure: what can we trust? A systematic review.Updates in surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Impact of aging on morbidity and mortality after liver resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgery today · 2015Pooled it
- Safety and efficacy of n-3 fatty acid-based parenteral nutrition in patients with obstructive jaundice: a propensity-matched study.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2018Trial
- Preoperative Phenacetin Metabolism Test in the Prediction of Postoperative Liver Dysfunction of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2017Trial
- Use of magnetic resonance elastography for assessing liver functional reserve: A clinical study.World journal of gastroenterology · 2015Trial
- High glycosylated serum protein to high density lipoprotein cholesterol ratios are predictive of worse acute on chronic liver failure prognoses.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Perioperative infections as a prognostic risk factor in hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocellular carcinoma: a comparative analysis.World journal of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- Predictive factors of 90-day mortality after curative hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: a western single-center observational study.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Observational
- Postoperative Liver Failure: Definitions, Risk factors, Prediction Models and Prevention Strategies.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023Review
- Spleen volume is a predictor of posthepatectomy liver failure and short-term mortality for hepatocellular carcinoma.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Article
- Determination of hepatic extraction fraction with gadoxetate low-temporal resolution DCE-MRI-based deconvolution analysis: validation with ALBI score and Child-Pugh class.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2023Article
- Coagulation Dysfunction in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis and Splenomegaly and Its Countermeasures: A Retrospective Study of 1522 Patients.Disease markers · 2023Article
- Quantitative liver SPECT/CT is a novel tool to assess liver function, prognosis, and response to treatment in cirrhosis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Diagnostic Performance of a Comprehensive Risk Model for Posthepatectomy Liver Failure.Gut and liver · 2022Article
- Advantages of using indocyanine green in liver transplantation: a narrative review.Annals of translational medicine · 2022Review
- Influence of combined epidural anesthesia on cognitive function, inflammation and stress response in elderly liver cancer patients undergoing surgery.Oncology letters · 2020Article
- Preoperative Portal Vein Embolization in Hepatic Surgery: A Review about the Embolic Materials and Their Effects on Liver Regeneration and Outcome.Radiology research and practice · 2020Review
- Update on Liver Failure Following Hepatic Resection: Strategies for Prediction and Avoidance of Post-operative Liver Insufficiency.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2018Review
- Role of Indocyanine Green in Predicting Post-Transarterial Chemoembolization Liver Failure in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Liver function assessment is important to ensure safe surgical procedures in patients with hepatocellular disease. Because the liver influences a wide variety of functions, including protein synthesis and metabolic, immune and storage functions, no single parameter is sufficient to adequately address all of these functions. We reviewed the relevant literature concerning the scoring systems, functional tests, plasma parameters and imaging modalities currently used to evaluate the liver function in an attempt to determine which parameters provide the most comprehensive and useful results. While the Child-Pugh scoring system is the gold standard for liver disease assessment, the liver damage grading system recommended by the Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan is also useful. Various models for end-stage liver disease scoring are used for organ allocation. While the indocyanine green clearance test is widely accepted throughout the world, other assessments have not been used routinely for clinical evaluations. The levels of plasma proteins, including albumin, prealbumin, retinol binding protein, apolipoprotein, coagulation factors and antithrombin III, represent the liver productivity. Liver fibrotic markers also correlate with liver function. Imaging modalities such as (99m)Tc-galactosyl serum albumin scintigraphy, (99m)Tc-mebrofenin hepatobiliary scintigraphy and transient elastography are also available, but future studies are needed to validate their clinical efficacy.
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