Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
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Patients with advanced liver disease show increased morbidity and mortality after hepatic resection and non-hepatic digestive surgery. Furthermore, postoperative liver failure is associated with a poor outcome, representing an important clinical problem. For evaluation of the perioperative mortality and the hepatic function, several scoring systems, clinical parameters, and static and dynamic tests are available. ⋯ In patients with Child Turcotte Pugh class A cirrhosis and MELD scores of