Table 2. Comparisons of Complications between the Two Groups.
Complications | Clavien grade 1 | Clavien grade 2 | Clavien grade 3 | |||
pre-2008 | post-2008 | pre-2008 | post-2008 | pre-2008 | post-2008 | |
Overall complications | 22(17.1%) | 17(9.9%) | 9(7.0%) | 10(5.8%) | 11(8.5%) | 6(3.5%) |
Biliary complications | 7(5.4%) | 6(3.5%) | 4(3.1%) | 4(2.3%) | 4(3.1%) | 2(1.2%) |
Biliary leak | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Biliary stricture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Infection | 6(4.7%) | 7(4.1%) | 2(1.6%) | 2(1.2%) | 3(2.3%) | 2(1.2%) |
Wound infection | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Intraabdominal infection | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Lung | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postoperative bleeding | 0 | 0 | 2(1.6%) | 3(1.8%) | 1(0.8%) | 2(1.2%) |
Intraabdominal bleeding | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Incision bleeding | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Effusion | 6 (4.7%) | 4 (2.3%) | 1 (0.8%) | 1 (0.6%) | 1 (0.8%) | 0 |
Pleural effusion | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Intraabdominal effusion | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vascular complications | ||||||
Portal vein thrombosis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Others | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Others: voice change, lymph leakage, hepatic encephalopathy.