Table 1.

Reported studies focus on postoperative outcome after liver resection of patients with steatotic livers.

Authors	Year	Center	Grading of steatosis (%)	Number of patients	Overall Complication (%)	P value	Mortality (%)	P value
Behrns et al (35)	1998	Mayo Clinic. Rochester, USA.	None	72	10	NA	3	NA
			Mild (<30)	56	14		7
			Marked (≥ 30)	7	29		14
Belghiti et al (5)	2000	Hopital Beaujon. Paris, France.	None	441	8	0.003	1	0.5
			Steatosis (≥ 30)	37	22		0
Jamargin et al (6)	2002	MSKCC. New York, USA.	None	1275	48	0.197	3.9	0.309
			Steatosis (≥ 30)	380	44		2.8
Kooby et al * (36)	2003	MSKCC. New York, USA.	None	160	35	<0.01	3.1	0.29
			Mild (<30)	223	48		3.6
			Marked (≥ 30)	102	62		5.9
Mc Cormack et al * (12)	2007	Swiss HPB Center. Zurich, Switzerland.	None	58 @	6.9#	0.001	1.7	0.21
			Steatosis (≥ 10)	58 @	27#		8.6

NA: Not Available; * Case matched analysis; # Referred only to major complication rate using Dindo et al classification (10); @ Only major liver resection were analyzed (≥ 3 liver segments)