Although serum albumin concentration, ICGR15, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and the other factors including the ICGR15 criteria by Makuuchi, et al. were not risk factors, operative time and the criteria for remnant liver LU15 were risk factors for postoperative hepatic failure by univariate analysis. This evidence concerns the gene GPT and liver failure.