GPT and hepatocellular carcinoma: Out of the 10 preoperative variables associated with major complications in the univariate analysis, 5 variables were retained for the preoperative risk model after the multivariate analysis (Table 3): preoperative alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels, history of previous liver resection (yes/no), diabetes (yes/no), resection performed as MILL (yes/no) and whether or not the malignancy was an HCC (yes/no).