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. 2013 Dec 14;19(46):8731–8739. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i46.8731

Table 2.

Postoperative outcomes of patients undergoing major hepatectomy n (%)

Drained (n = 32) Undrained (n = 46) P value
Morbidity 17 (53.1) 27 (58.7) 0.626
Infectious morbidity 13 (40.6) 11 (23.9) 0.116
Intra-abdominal abscess (II-IIIa) 3 (9.4) 2 (4.3) 0.673
Wound infection (I-IIIb) 4 (12.5) 4 (8.7) 0.869
Cholangitis (II) 1 (3.1) 2 (4.3) 1.000
Sepsis (IVa-V) 2 (6.3) 1 (2.2) 0.747
Lung infection (II) 6 (18.8) 5 (10.9) 0.325
Noninfectious morbidity 10 (31.3) 22 (47.8) 0.143
Liver failure (II-V) 3 (9.4) 6 (13) 0.890
Bile leak
Remnant liver1 (II-IIIa) 2 (6.3) 4 (8.7) 1.000
Anastomotic leak2 (II-IIIb) 1 (3.1) 2 (4.3) 1.000
Abdominal collection (I-IIIa) 6 (18.8) 9 (19.6) 0.928
Gastrointestinal bleeding (IIIa-V) 0 2 (4.3) 0.510
Abdominal bleeding (II-IIIb) 1 (3.1) 2 (4.3) 1.000
Respiratory failure (IVa) 0 3 (6.5) 0.265
Renal failure (IVa-V) 3 (9.4) 4 (8.7) 1.000
Mortality (V) 3 (9.4) 2 (4.3) 0.673
Reoperation 2 (6.3) 3 (6.5) 1.000
Postoperative hospital stay (d) 16.5 (13.5-20.5) 15 (12-18) 0.221

Clavien-Dindo grades of surgical complications are within parentheses.

1

From remnant liver;

2

From hepaticojejunostomy.