Hepatic clamping and postoperative hyperglycaemia: A retrospective cohort study in liver surgery
Authors' conclusion
The Pringle manoeuvre was associated with increased postoperative hyperglycaemia within 24 h after liver surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Adults undergoing elective liver resection, single tertiary university hospital, January 2020 to June 2022no exclusions
- Participants
- 163 adults
- Exposure
- Pringle manoeuvre vs no clamping
- Pringlen = 107
- No-Pringlen = 56reference
- Outcome
- Postoperative hyperglycaemia (blood glucose ≥10.0 mmol l-1 [180 mg dl-1])
- Follow-up
- Within 24 h after surgery
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Postoperative hyperglycaemia (blood glucose ≥10.0 mmol l-1)
P < 0.001
- Hepatic clamping independently associated with postoperative hyperglycaemia, aOR
- 2.91 (95% CI 1.06 to 8.92)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
Postoperative infections
P = 0.007
Hospital LOS · spread printed in brackets, kind not stated
P = 0.003
Original publication
Hepatic clamping and postoperative hyperglycaemia: A retrospective cohort study in liver surgery. Eur J Anaesthesiol Intensive Care. Published 24 June 2026. doi:10.
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