Prediction of Intraoperative Blood Loss and Postoperative Recovery by Liver Stiffness Measurement (Fibroscan®) in Right Hepatectomy

Yonsei University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Liver Malignancy

Treatments: Other: preoperative liver stiffness measurement

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01483859

1-2011-0053

Details and patient eligibility

About

Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) using Fibroscan®(EchoSens, Paris, France) is a newly introduced noninvasive tool that generates an elastic wave using a vibrator applied to the thoracic wall at the level of the right lobe of the liver and measures the prolongation velocity of the wave, which is directly associated with liver stiffness (LS). Although recent advances in surgical techniques and perioperative management have made with established perioperative management have now made it possible to perform hepatectomies as a safe procedure with minimum mortality, the possibility of massive blood loss and resultant transfusion during hepatectomy still exist. The objective of this research was to identify the role of liver stiffness measurement for the prediction of intraoperative blood loss and postoperative recovery after elective right hepatectomy.

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients undergoing right hepatectomy between August 2007 and July 2011

Exclusion criteria

• patients undergoing right hepatectomy without preoperative liver stiffness measurement

Trial design

45 participants in 1 patient group

right hepatectomy with preoperative LSM

Other group

Description:

patients undergoing right hepatectomy with preoperative LSM between August 2007 and July 2011

Treatment:

Other: preoperative liver stiffness measurement