TY  - JOUR
T1  - ONe thousand fifty-six hepatectomies without mortality in 8 years—invited critique
AU  - Ettinghausen SE
Y1  - 2003/11/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.138.11.1206
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 1206
EP  - 1206
VL  - 138
IS  - 11
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.138.11.1206
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.138.11.1206
ER  -