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Example sentences for: hepatobiliary
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Postoperative morbidity and mortality after hepatobiliary operations, especially in cancer patients, has traditionally been perceived as being high.
Although these associations were not independent predictors of postoperative mortality on multivariate analysis, these associations suggest the importance of hepatic function and hepatic reserve in pre-operative patient selection for hepatobiliary surgery, as has been previously established by the Child-Turcotte-Pugh grading system for severity of liver disease [ 20, 21].
Over a 23-month period, 6.0% of patients operated upon by the Hepatobiliary Surgical Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center required critical care services.
Therefore, preoperative prothrombin time and preoperative albumin, as well as a history of viral hepatitis and/or a history of cirrhosis with or without portal hypertension, may be taken to indicate a need for heightened alertness to the possibility of the need for critical care services after significant hepatobiliary surgery.
This paper reviews the complications leading to the utilization of critical care services after all hepatobiliary procedures performed over a 23-month period by a team of specialized surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists, and internists who comprise the Hepatobiliary Disease Management Team of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.