Table I. Outcome of liver transection in patients with normal and injured livers.
Normal liver n=233 | Injured liver n=44 | p | |
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Postoperative hospital stay | 16.6±11.6 | 17.4±10.2 | |
Mortality | 2 | 0 | 0.707 |
Morbidity | 54 | 14 | 0.252 |
Blood loss during transection (mL) | 333±379 | 444±587 | 0.283 |
Transection area (cm2) | 75±52 | 68±38 | 0.353 |
Transection speed (cm2/min) | 2.00±0.88 | 1.57±0.63 | 0.001 |
Central Venous Pressure (cm H2O) | 5.34±2.6 | 5.32±3.0 | 0.982 |
Number of ligations during liver transection | 13.1±13 | 13.7±8.9 | 0.783 |