[Significance of liver volume for the early survival of patients with liver cirrhosis operated on porta-caval anastomosis: Clinical data and relation to pathophysiological implications (author's transl)].

It is thought that the early outcome of patients with liver cirrhosis after end-to-side porta-caval anastomosis not only depends on their clinical situation but also on the postoperative haemodynamic state of the liver. The postoperative haemodynamics can be estimated if the relation of liver volume and the predicted hepatic arterial perfusion is focused. The maximum of arterial liver perfusion seems to be 1200 ml/min in the absence of a portal liver blood supply.