RT Journal
A1 Ettinghausen SE
T1 ONe thousand fifty-six hepatectomies without mortality in 8 years—invited critique
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 2003
FD November 1
VO 138
IS 11
SP 1206
OP 1206
DO 10.1001/archsurg.138.11.1206
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.138.11.1206
AB 
In this article by Imamura et al, the authors present their mortality and morbidity results from 915 patients undergoing 1056 hepatic resections. Clearly, the authors are to be lauded for their excellent operative outcomes in this large, heterogeneous group of patients. The results speak for themselves: postoperative liver failure in only one patient; single-digit major complication rates in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, many of whom had concurrent cirrhosis; and no operative mortality in the entire series.