Table III. Postoperative complications in the control and steroid groups.

Postoperative complications	Control group (n=22)	Steroid group (n=21)	P value
Hemorrhage [no. (%)]	1 (4.5%)	0	0.512
Bile leakage [no. (%)]	2 (9%)	0	0.256
Transitory hepatic decompensation [no. (%)]	1 (4.5%)	1 (4.7%)	0.744
Cardiac [no. (%)]	2 (9%)	0	0.256
Pleural effusion [no. (%)]	1 (4.5%)	0	0.512
Infective complications [patients no. (%)]*	7 (31%)	1 (4.7%)	0.027
Hospital stay [median (range)]	8 (5–39)	6 (5–21)	0.040

*Only a single infective event from each patient was counted as an infective complication.