Table 2.
Surgical characteristics and surgical outcomes compared with four groups
| Variables | Total | Group I | Group II | Group III | Group IV | Univariate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 300) | (N = 22) | (N = 124) | (N = 132) | (N = 22) | p | |
| Type of resection | 0.000* | |||||
| Hemihepatectomy | 53 (17.8%) | 0 | 1 (0.8%) | 36 (27.3%) | 16 (77.3%) | |
| Segmentectomy | 200 (67.1%) | 1 (4.5%) | 97 (79.0%) | 96 (72.7%) | 6 (22.7%) | |
| Wedge resection | 45 (15.1%) | 20 (95.5%) | 25 (20.2%) | 0 | 0 | |
| Total operation time (min) | 160 (40–800) | 120 (60–325) | 128 (40–380) | 179 (50–800) | 212 (95–500) | 0.000* |
| Blood transfusion | 65 (21.7%) | 2 (9.5%) | 24 (19.5%) | 32 (24.2%) | 7 (31.8%) | 0.256 |
| Conversion, n (%) | 33 (11.0%) | 2 (9.5%) | 10 (8.1%) | 19 (14.4%) | 2 (9.1%) | 0.444 |
| Pringle's maneuver, n (%) | 68 (25.0%) | 0 | 18 (14.5%) | 45 (34.1%) | 5 (22.7%) | 0.000* |
| General complications | 73 (24.3%) | 3 (13.6%) | 28 (22.6%) | 33 (25.0%) | 9 (40.9%) | 0.240 |
| Intraoperative blood loss (ml) | 200 (5–5000) | 200 (50–800) | 200 (5–3000) | 300 (20–5000) | 350 (100–4500) | 0.033* |
| With complications of Clavien– | 18 (6.0%) | 0 | 4 (3.2%) | 11 (8.3%) | 3 (13.6%) | 0.084 |
| Dindo grade IIIA or above | ||||||
| Clavien–Dindo grade | ||||||
| III | 14 (4.7%) | 0 | 3 (2.4%) | 8 (6.1%) | 3 (13.6%) | |
| IV | 4 (1.3%) | 0 | 1 (0.8%) | 3 (2.2%) | 0 | |
| V | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hospital mortality | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Hospital stay, day | 0.005* | |||||
| > 9 | 132 (44.0%) | 13 (54.2%) | 44 (36.7%) | 57 (43.2%) | 16 (72.7%) | |
| ≤ 9 | 168 (56.0%) | 8 (33.3%) | 79 (65.8%) | 65 (49.2%) | 6 (27.3%) |
*p < 0.05 is statistically significant