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. 2007 Mar 13;96(7):1037–1042. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603670

Table 6. Specific postoperative complications in patients undergoing hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastasis with (n=252) and without (n=245) neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

  Control n (%) Chemotherapy n (%) P-valuea
Abscess/sepsis 0 6 (2.4) 0.016
Bile leak 3 (1.2) 2 (0.8) 0.487
Bleed 3 (1.2) 1 (0.4) 0.30
Cardiac 12 (4.9) 6 (2.4) 0.10
DVT/PE 3 (1.2) 7 (2.8) 0.18
Hepatic insufficiency 15 (6.1) 19 (7.5) 0.33
Respiratory 13 (5.3) 26 (10.3) 0.027
UTI 8 (3.3) 4 (1.6) 0.178
Wound infection 7 (2.9) 2 (0.8) 0.081

DVT=deep vein thrombosis; PE=pulmonary embolus; UTI=urinary tract infection.

a

Fisher's Exact test.