Neurosurgical procedures in patients with liver cirrhosis: A review

Table 1 Studies of neurosurgical procedures for cirrhotic patients

Neurosurgical type/ref.	Patient (n)	Overall morbidity	Child A	Child B	Child C	Overall mortality	Child A	Child B	Child C
TBI
Lustenberger et al[22]	47	NA	NA	NA	NA	34%	NA	NA	NA
Chen et al[21]	32	84.4%	38.7%	60.0%	84.2%	37.5%	5.3%	38.0%	63.2%
SICH
Chen et al[21]	44	43.2%	NA	NA	NA	22.7%	NA	NA	NA
Huang et al[20]	36	NA	NA	NA	NA	47%	11.1%	27.7%	8.3%
Brain tumor
Chen et al[21]	15	26.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Spine surgery
Liao et al[27]	29	41.0%	27.0%	86.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA

The Child-Pugh score is a classification system used in the prognosis of cirrhosis. NA: Not available; SICH: Spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage; TBI: Traumatic brain injury.