A Novel Technique to Predict Liver Damage After Laparoscopic Gastrectomy From the Stomach Volume Overlapping the Liver by Preoperative Computed Tomography

• Published in: World journal of surgery Vol. 44; no. 9; pp. 3052 - 3060
• Main Authors: Kaida, Sachiko, Murakami, Yoko, Ohta, Shinichi, Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi, Takebayashi, Katsushi, Murata, Satoshi, Nitta, Norihisa, Shimizu, Tomoharu, Tani, Masaji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.09.2020; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cardiac Surgery; Computed tomography; Confidence intervals; Damage; Female; Forecasting; Gastrectomy; Gastrectomy - adverse effects; Gastric cancer; General Surgery; Humans; Laparoscopy; Laparoscopy - adverse effects; Liver; Liver - diagnostic imaging; Liver diseases; Liver Diseases - diagnosis; Liver Diseases - etiology; Liver Diseases - prevention & control; Liver Function Tests; Male; Mathematical analysis; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Organ Size; Original Scientific Report; Postoperative Complications - diagnosis; Regression analysis; Retrospective Studies; Statistical analysis; Stomach; Stomach - diagnostic imaging; Stomach - surgery; Stomach Neoplasms - surgery; Surgery; Thoracic Surgery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Vascular Surgery

Background During laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG), it is necessary to manipulate the lateral segment of the liver to secure the surgical field. Liver retraction during surgery often causes liver dysfunction after LG. However, no previous studies have used preoperative image evaluations to predict post...