Postoperative outcome in patients with chronic viral hepatitis undergoing non-portal hypertension surgery

ABSTRACT

Forty patients with chronic hepatic failure were subjected to 22 elective non-portal hypertension surgical procedures [cholecystectomy, hernia repair, ulcer procedure and anal surgery] and 18 emergent surgery [strangulated hernia, appendectomy and intestinal obstruction]. Three of the patients died within 30 days of surgery. The clinical and the laboratory findings associated with 30 days mortality were identified in patients with chronic liver failure undergoing non portal hypertension surgery, this surgery carries a high risk of morbidity and mortality to these high-risk patients