34. In a study by Hemming et al. (A-36), 50 consecutive patients undergoing segmental hepatic resection during a three-year time period were reviewed. Student's t tests were used to analyze the data. Among the findings was the fact that cirrhotic patients showed a significantly increased transfusion requirement of 2.0 ± 1.3 U versus 0.7 ± 1.3 U.