“…For enrolled patients, the following patient characteristics were evaluated as preoperative factors: age, sex (male, female), body mass index (BMI; ≤25, > 25), American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status (1)(2)(3)(4), laboratory values, liver function according to the Child-Pugh score (A or B), comorbidities (hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, cerebral disease, cardiac disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), liver disease (hepatitis B virus and/or hepatitis C virus), chronic kidney disease, and etiology of the disease (hepatic disease, biliary disease, pancreatic disease, or miscellaneous). Patients were divided into 2 groups according to age, non-elderly (< 75 years) and elderly (≥75 years) according to the proposal of the Joint Committee of Japan Gerontological Society and the Japan Geriatrics Society [10].…”