Use of the National Clinical Database to evaluate the association between preoperative liver function and postoperative complications among patients undergoing hepatectomy

The aim of the present study was to clarify the association between preoperative liver function and complications after hepatectomy.The study included 11,686 patients registered in the National Clinical Database for 2015 for whom data on indocyanine green at 15 min (ICG15) and hepatectomy were available. The patients were divided into four groups: group A (ICG15 <10%; n = 5,661), group B (ICG15 10% to <20%; n = 4,381), group C (ICG15 20% to...