Clarification of Risk Factors for Abdominal Operations in Patients with Hepatic Cirrhosis

Outcome analysis of hip or knee arthroplasty in patients with cirrhotic liver disease

“…Another previous report evaluating GI surgery in cirrhotic patients showed 10%, 31%, and 76% mortality for Child's A, B, and C patients, respectively. 15 The results of the other recent study showed 10%, 30%, and 82% mortality in Child's A, B, and C cirrhotic patients in GI surgery, respectively. 16 The Mayo Clinic study included 26 patients undergoing combined hip and pelvic surgeries for fractures and the result of perioperative complication rate was reported as 53.8%.…”

Model for End-stage Liver Disease

“…87 The effect of the surgical procedure, blood loss, hypoxemia due to ascites and/or hydrothorax, and anesthetic agents all make a diseased liver prone to further deterioration with a potential risk for precipitating liver failure. 88 Severity of liver disease predicting outcome after surgery has been known for years.…”

The liver in heart failure: a biopsy and explant series of the histopathologic and laboratory findings with a particular focus on pre-cardiac transplant evaluation

“…The risk of perioperative death is markedly increased by cirrhosis due to any cause, [3][4][5] and cirrhosis is also associated with increased post-operative complications following cardiac surgery, [6][7][8][9] including increased rates of sepsis and bleeding. Serum bilirubin has been found to correlate with operative mortality and with the presence of cardiac cirrhosis in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension undergoing heartlung transplantation.…”