1 INTRODUCTION Liver resection remains a mainstay of curative treatment for patients with primary and secondary liver tumors.1-5 With any liver resection, the size and quality of remnant liver is associated with the risk of dysfunction and failure postoperatively.6-8 The reported incidence of post-hepatectomy liver failure (PHLF) varies from 1% to 34% across the literature.9-17 The broad range in incidence can be attributed to the fact that most studies are performed at single centers,...