Research Article

Child-Pugh Parameters and Platelet Count as an Alternative to ICG Test for Assessing Liver Function for Major Hepatectomy

Table 4

Characteristics of patients who underwent major hepatectomy, stratified by eICG15.

eICG15 ≤ 20.0eICG15 > 20.0 value

Total number761 (89.7%)87 (10.3%)
Age<0.001
Gender M/F (% M)615/146 (80.8%)75/12 (86.2%)0.22
Bilirubin (µmol/L)<0.001
Albumin (g/L)<0.001
Prothrombin time (sec)<0.001
Platelet (×109/L)<0.001
Child-Pugh score<0.001
 5678 (89.1%)25 (28.7%)
 673 (9.6%)45 (51.7%)
 710 (1.3%)15 (17.2%)
 80 (0.0%)1 (1.1%)
 90 (0.0%)1 (1.1%)
ICG15 (%)<0.001
Tumour size (cm)0.13
Portal venous invasion42 (5.3%)10 (1.5%)0.04
Posthepatectomy liver failure31 (4.1%)7 (8.0%)0.09
In-hospital mortality28 (3.7%)7 (8.0%)0.052
Median overall survival (year)0.015
Median disease free survival (year)0.018