Improvement in perioperative outcome after hepatic resection: analysis of 1,803 consecutive cases over the past decade.

To assess the nature of changes in the field of hepatic resectional surgery and their impact on perioperative outcome.

Demographics, extent of resection, concomitant major procedures, operative and transfusion data, complications, and hospital stay were analyzed for 1,803 consecutive patients undergoing hepatic resection from December 1991 to September 2001 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Factors associated with morbidity and mortality and trends in operative and perioperative variables over the period of study were analyzed.