Portal venous stasis during liver resection does not affect platelet aggregability.

Introduction: To reduce intraoperative blood loss in liver resections surgical bleeding control is often performed by a complete inflow obstruction of the liver called Pringle manoeuvre leading to a portal venous stasis. Platelet aggregability may be affected by this circulatory stasis.

Materials And Methods: A study population of 11 patients (37-67 years old, 7 females and 4 males) with hepatic tumours underwent elective liver resection.