Inferior Vena Cava Index in Patients Undergoing Liver Resection (IVC)

University of Milan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Liver Neoplasms

Treatments: Other: IVC diameters evaluation by intraoperative ultrasound

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02404909

IVCindex

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether IVC index measured intraoperatively was affected by fluid administration and could add any helpful information about the hemodynamics during hepatic resection. In addition, the investigators evaluated whether IVC index was somehow correlated with the risk of postoperative complication.

Enrollment: 91 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 34 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients who underwent hepatectomy for primary and secondary liver tumors

Exclusion criteria

Patients with tumoral thrombosis or full tumoral involvement/compression of IVC were excluded. Patients unresectable at laparotomy for any extra-hepatic or intrahepatic reason and patients previously submitted to hepatectomy were not included

Trial design

91 participants in 1 patient group

Patients with liver tumors candidate to hepatectomy

Treatment:

Other: IVC diameters evaluation by intraoperative ultrasound