Gastric cancer surgery for patients with liver cirrhosis

Table 1 Preoperative assessment using the Child-Pugh classification

	Grade A (n = 15)	Grade B (n = 10)	P value
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	13.5 ± 2.0	10.2 ± 2.8	0.006
Platelet (104/μL)	13.0 ± 6.1	9.3 ± 9.6	0.040
Albumin (g/dL)	3.9 ± 0.5	3.0 ± 0.4	0.001
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.8 ± 0.3	0.9 ± 0.5	0.696
Aspartate aminotransferase (IU/L)	40 ± 22	37 ± 15	0.824
Prothrombin time (n = 24, %)	90 ± 19	68 ± 18	0.017
ICG R15 (n = 20, %)	24.3 ± 15.0	30.6 ± 14.2	0.285
K-ICG (n = 20)	0.110 ± 0.033	0.092 ± 0.047	0.165

IU: International units; ICG: Indocyanine green; ICG R15: Indocyanine green retention rate at 15 min; K-ICG: Plasma ICG disappearance rate.