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Table 1 Reported studies focus on postoperative outcome after liver resection of patients with steatotic livers.

From: Liver surgery in the presence of cirrhosis or steatosis: Is morbidity increased?

Authors

Year

Center

Grading of steatosis (%)

Number of patients

Overall Complication (%)

P value

Mortality (%)

P value

Behrns et al (35)

1998

Mayo Clinic. Rochester, USA.

None

72

10

NA

3

NA

   

Mild (<30)

56

14

 

7

 
   

Marked (≥ 30)

7

29

 

14

 

Belghiti et al (5)

2000

Hopital Beaujon. Paris, France.

None

441

8

0.003

1

0.5

   

Steatosis (≥ 30)

37

22

 

0

 

Jamargin et al (6)

2002

MSKCC. New York, USA.

None

1275

48

0.197

3.9

0.309

   

Steatosis (≥ 30)

380

44

 

2.8

 

Kooby et al * (36)

2003

MSKCC. New York, USA.

None

160

35

<0.01

3.1

0.29

   

Mild (<30)

223

48

 

3.6

 
   

Marked (≥ 30)

102

62

 

5.9

 

Mc Cormack et al * (12)

2007

Swiss HPB Center. Zurich, Switzerland.

None

58 @

6.9#

0.001

1.7

0.21

   

Steatosis (≥ 10)

58 @

27#

 

8.6

 
  1. NA: Not Available; * Case matched analysis; # Referred only to major complication rate using Dindo et al classification (10); @ Only major liver resection were analyzed (≥ 3 liver segments)