Updated Guideline for Managing Surgical Risk in Patients with Cirrhosis

Recommendations include guidance on two critical elements of management — patient selection for surgery and postoperative care.

Sponsoring Organization: American Gastroenterological Association

Target Audience: Gastroenterologists, hepatologists, gastrointestinal (GI) surgeons

Target Population: Patients with cirrhosis being considered for invasive surgical procedures other than liver transplantation

Background and Objective

Experts reviewed the current available evidence to develop recommendations on predicting surgical outcomes in patients with cirrhosis who are potential candidates for invasive, non–liver transplantation surgical procedures and managing those patients who undergo them.

What's Changed

New information is incorporated regarding key factors such as utilizing surgical risk-stratification tools, implications of portal hypertension, kidney-based factors, coag…

Reviewing Author

Atif Zaman, MD, MPH

Disclosures

Nothing to disclose