Elevation of Mac-2 binding protein glycosylation isomer after hepatectomy is associated with post-hepatectomy liver failure, total Pringle time, and renal dysfunction.
Daisuke ImaiTakashi MaedaHuanlin WangKensaku SanefujiHiroto KayashimaShohei YoshiyaKazuki TakeishiShinji ItohNoboru HaradaToru IkegamiTomoharu YoshizumiMasaki MoriPublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2019)
Total Pringle time, PHLF grade ≥B, and preoperative creatinine significantly influenced the elevation of M2BPGi almost 1 month after liver resection. This study strongly affirms the previous suggestion that M2BPGi is likely to reflect other factors not limited to liver fibrosis.