High Preoperative Fibrosis-4 Index Is Associated With Postoperative Mortality: An Argument to Look for Advanced Liver Disease Before Surgery

From the *Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania †Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Accepted for publication May 20, 2022. Funding: None. Reprints will not be available from the authors. Address correspondence to Elliot B. Tapper, MD, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan, 3912 Taubman, SPC 5362, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Address e-mail to [email protected].