The aim of this study is to determine the risk factors for major complications following liver resection in the setting of a general surgery-teaching department in Morocco, North Africa

Over the past 20 years, the refinement of liver surgery techniques, anesthesiology and perioperative management has dramatically improved the safety of liver resection patients. It has also led to a concomitant extension of indications for a growing number of patients with complex benign or malignant hepatobiliary diseases and/or high risk surgeries.

Published complication rates and risk prediction models and recommendations for patients undergoing liver resection primarily stem from far East or Western high-volume specialized centers. In developing countries, including those in North Africa, specific constraints (e.g., endemic indications, such as liver cystic hydatidosis, blood shortage, and the scarcity of liver surgeons and intensive care providers) may impact liver resection outcomes but they are rarely addressed in the literature.

The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors for major complications following liver resection in the setting of a general surgery-teaching department in Morocco, North Africa

Inclusion Criteria:

• all patients who underwent an hepatectomy
• between january 2010 and December 2015

Exclusion Criteria:

• All patient who only underwent liver biopsy with no resection
• Patients non operated

All patient who underwent a liver resection in a sugical hepatobiliary department and who had underwent preoperative serum tests, imaging workup and multidisciplinary discussion, according to the indication for LR. Adequate imaging assessment included the calculation of the future remnant liver volume (RLV) using free software, as needed. Preoperative portal embolization or a 2-step approach, including ALPPS, was considered in non-cirrhotic cases with a RLV to body weight ratio <0.5%