Posthepatectomy liver failure(PLF)is one of major problems faced by the liver surgeon. Preoperative evaluation of liver reserve function before liver resection helps guide the surgical risk and predict incidence of liver failure。The method currently used for clinical assessment of liver reserve function mainly serum liver biochemical tests, clinical comprehensive scoring system, liver function tests and liver drugs quantitative volume measurements. In this paper, we give a review of the application of indocyanine green test and liver volume measurement which commonly used in clinical. |