Anatomy & Physiology: Current Research
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ISSN: 2161-0940
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ISSN: 2161-0940
+44 1300 500008
Visceral Surgery Department, Limoges University Hospital, CHU Dupuytren, 2, avenue Martin-Luther-King, 87000 Limoges, France
Research Article
Patient's anthropometric measurements are correlated with the liver parenchymal surface area at the hepatectomy cross section (France)
Author(s): Fabien Fredon, Margaux Mekann Bouv-Hez, Jérémy Hardy, Abdelkader Taïbi, Jacques Monteil, Christian Mabit, Denis Valleix and Sylvaine Durand-Fontanier
Introduction: Three major complications occur in association with surgical liver resection: hepatocellular
insufficiency, haemorrhage and biliary fistula on the hepatectomy cross-section. The liver morphology plays a role
in the development of postoperative hepatocellular insufficiency, as this complication occurs when the ratio of
the remaining to total liver volume is insufficient. The hepatic volume correlates with anthropometric measures.
This study was performed to determine whether anthropometric characteristics influence the surface area of the
hepatectomy cross-section, a liver morphological parameter related to potential complications.
Materials and Methods: We measured the parenchymal surface area of the hepatic cross-section after right
hepatectomy using computed tomography, and examined correlations of this area wit.. View More»