One Thousand Fifty-Six Hepatectomies Without Mortality in 8 Years

Despite improvements in diagnostic and surgical techniques, operative mortality associated with liver resection is still greater than 2% in most of the recent studies. HYPOTHESIS: By refining preoperative and postoperative care and surgical skills, liver resection mortality can be decreased to zero.

Retrospective cohort study to analyze postoperative morbidity and mortality in 1056 consecutive hepatectomies performed at a single medical center during 8 years.