Liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with normal or chronic liver disease remains a major therapeutic tool. Its indications keep expanding over the years nevertheless it is still burdened with a significant morbidity and mortality. The purpose of our study was to investigate the postoperative morbidity and mortality of the liver resection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma on cirrhotic liver, chronic liver disease or normal liver and to identify its risk factors....

Cerebral concussion is a minor and reversible functional abnormality and due its relatively minor nature it usually goes undetected and underreported. Despite increased knowledge and awareness of concussion and its long-term sequelae, effective measures of diagnosis, prognosis and treatment still appear to be deficient....

Hyponatremia is defined as serum concentration of sodium below 135 mEq/L. It is the most common electrolyte disturbance in daily clinical practice and is associated with high morbidity and mortality....