Is It Feasible to Standardize a Composite Postoperative Complication Reporting System for Liver Resection?

Although the Clavien–Dindo classification is well established in many fields of surgery, a conclusive severity grading system for liver surgery–specific complications has not yet been standardized. Post-hepatectomy liver Failure, Ascites, Bile leakage, Infection, and Bleeding were found to be the five most important components in an international survey. A score system with FABIB as the acronym was proposed by the authors to increase the...