Evaluation of Liver Function Tests to Predict Operative Risk in Liver Surgery
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Evaluation of Liver Function Tests to Predict Operative Risk in Liver Surgery
Despite numerous studies in the past it is not possible yet to predict postoperative liver failure and safe limits for hepatectomy. In this study the following liver function tests ICG-ER (indocyaninegreen elimination rate), GEC (galactose elimination capacity) and MEGX-F (monoethylglycinexylidid formation) are examined with regard to loss of liver tissue and prediction of operative risk. Liver...
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عنوان ژورنال: HPB Surgery
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0894-8569
DOI: 10.1155/1995/47538