HYPOTHESIS
We hypothesized that the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score may be a better and less subjective method than the Child-Turcotte-Pugh score for stratifying patients with cirrhosis before abdominal surgery.
DESIGN
Retrospective medical record review.
SETTING
Tertiary care institution.
PATIENTS
Fifty-three adult patients with histologically proven cirrhosis undergoing a...
