Hepatobiliary scintigraphy to predict postoperative liver failure after major liver resection; a multicenter cohort study in 547 patients.
Pim B OlthofPieter ArntzStéphanie TruantMehdi El AmraniBobby V M DasariFederico TomassiniRoberto I TroisiRoel J BenninkDirk GrunhagenThiery ChapelleBart Op de BeeckLucia ZanoniMatteo SerenariJoris I ErdmannPublished in: HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association (2023)
The current study shows that preoperative liver function assessment using HBS is at least as predictive for PHLF as liver volume assessment, and likely has several advantages, particularly in the high-risk sub-group of biliary tumors.