Jones TJ, et al. - Using targeted NSQIP hepatectomy database, researchers studied patients who underwent hepatectomy for diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the colon and rectum in order to assess the nationwide trend and the safety profile of synchronous liver and colorectal resection vs hepatectomy alone for colorectal liver metastasis. From 2014, 3064 hepatic resections were identified in the database. Of these, 1138 cases were performed for colorectal metastasis including 1040 liver-alone surgery and 98 synchronous liver and colorectal resection. In the modern era, low short-term mortality was observed with hepatic resection for colorectal metastasis. While a higher incidence of major complications was observed with synchronous resection. No increased liver-specific complications were evident with synchronous resection.