The usefulness of preoperative bile cultures for hepatectomy with biliary reconstruction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infectious complications can cause lethal liver failure after hepatectomy with biliary reconstruction. This study assessed the increased risk for postoperative infectious complications in patients who underwent hepatectomy with biliary reconstruction and explored the possibility of predicting pathogenic microorganisms causing postoperative infectious complications based on preoperative monitoring of bile cultures.

Methods

This study involved 310 patients who received major hepatectomy with or without biliary reconstruction at our institution between January 2010 and December 2019. The relationship between the microorganisms detected through perioperative monitoring of bile culture and those in the postoperative infectious foci was examined.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Makino K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9768314 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature