Pringle Time Exceeding 120 Min in Liver Resection

Safety of Intermittent Pringle Maneuver Cumulative Time Exceeding 120 Min in Liver Resection

Intermittent Pringle's maneuver is widely used to limit blood loss during hepatectomy, without an established time-limit. However, many authors claims its danger for patients' outcome. The investigators check the short term outcome of a consecutive cohort of patients who underwent hepatectomy with intermittent clamping exceeding 120 minutes.

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients in whom total cumulative clamping time exceeded 60 minutes.

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients in whom total cumulative clamping time was less than 60 minutes