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. 2023 Sep 23;6(1):100914. doi: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2023.100914

Table 4.

Detailed overview on surgical procedures and in-house mortality/LT.

n in-house death or LT/n operations n in-house death or LT/n operations
Low-risk surgery TIPS cohort (n = 30) Control cohort (n = 61)
Elective orthopaedic surgery 0/6 (0% dead) 2/4 (50% dead/LT)
 Spondylodiscitis 0/1 (0% dead)
 Kyphoplasty 0/2 (0% dead) 0/2 (0% dead)
 Nail osteosynthesis (femoral/humoral) 0/2 (0% dead) 1/1 (100% LT)
 Hip endoprosthesis 0/1 (0% dead) 1/1 (100% dead)
Hernia repair 0/9 (0% dead) 2/22 (9% dead)
Laparoscopic interventions 0/4 (0% dead) 5/28 (18% dead)
 Cholecystectomy 0/2 (0% dead) 0/10 (0% dead)
 Abdominal haematoma evacuation 0/1 (0% dead) 1/3 (33% dead)
 Sleeve gastrectomy 0/1 (0% dead) 1/9 (11% dead)
 Sigmoidostomy 0/1 (0% dead)
 Explorations 2/2 (100% dead)
 Lung resection/pleurectomy 1/3 (33% dead)
Other 0/11 (0% dead) 1/7 (14% dead)
 Abscess cleavage and necrotic wound debridement 0/2 (0% dead) 1/4 (25% dead)
 Oesophageal endoscopic mucosa dissection 0/2 (0% dead)
 Bladder tamponade clearance 0/1 (0% dead)
 Mandibular vestibuloplasty 0/2 (0% dead)
 Tracheotomy 0/2 (0% dead)
 Circumcision 0/1 (0% dead)
 Lymph node extirpation 0/1 (0% dead) 0/1 (0% dead)
 Thyroidectomy

0/2 (0% dead)
High-risk surgery TIPS cohort (n = 34) Control cohort (n = 70)
Emergency orthopaedic surgery 0/1 (0% dead) 2/2 (100% dead)
 Dislocated humerus fracture 0/1 (0% dead)
 Destructive spondylodiscitis 2/2 (100% dead)
Thoracotomy 0/5 (0% dead) 3/6 (50% dead/LT)
 Decortication and pleurectomy 0/3 (0% dead) 2/3 (66% dead/LT)
 Lung resection 0/2 (0% dead) 1/3 (33% dead)
Open abdominal surgery 12/27 (44% dead/LT) 36/61 (59% dead)
 Shunt surgery with splenectomy 0/1 (0% dead) 0/2 (0% dead)
 Pancreatectomy (including Whipple procedure) 1/4 (25% LT) 1/3 (33% dead)
 Bowel resection (ileo- and/or colectomy) 4/11 (36% dead) 24/36 (67% dead)
 Kidney transplantation 0/1 (0% dead)
 Gastrectomy 2/4 (50% dead) 3/8 (38% dead)
 Cholecystectomy 1/2 (50% dead) 1/2 (50% dead)
 Oesophagectomy 3/3 (100% dead) 6/9 (67% dead)
 Abdominal compartment as a result of bleeding 1/1 (100% dead)
 Intra-abdominal abscess cleavage 1/1 (100% dead)
Other 0/1 (0% dead) 1/1 (100% dead)
 Subcutaneous abscess with resection of thesternum 0/1 (0% dead)
 Emergency foot amputation (gangrene) 1/1 (100% dead)

The incidence of in-house mortality/LT is lower in the TIPS cohort after both low-risk and high-risk surgery. Numbers in bold indicate the incidence of in-house mortality/LT of the respective subcategory.

LT, liver transplantation; TIPS, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.