Table 3.

Impact of hepatic steatosis on peri-operative outcome after hepatic resection

Author	Year	N	Steatosis	N	Mortality (%)	Morbidity (%)
Behrns22	1998	135	None	72	3	4
			Mild	56	7	9
			Moderate-severe	7	14	14
Belghiti17	2000	478	Absent	441	1	8
			Present	37	0	22
Little101	2002	727	Absent	505	2.0	37
			Present	222	4.9	45
Kooby21	2003	485	None	160	5	35
			Mild	223	5	48
			Moderate-severe	102	9.4	62
Gomez20	2007	386	None	192	1	22
			Mild	122	2.5	43
			Moderate	60	3	62
			Severe	12	0	58
McCormack19	2007	116	Absent	58	1.7	25
			Present	58	8.6	50

Mild steatosis, <30% hepatocytes involved; moderate steatosis, 30–60% hepatocytes involved; severe steatosis, >60% hepatocytes involved.