Table 2.

Morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing a hepatectomy with and without a portal vein resection

	NR (n = 13)	PVR (n = 36)	Total (n = 49)
No. of patients with morbidity	10	21	31
Frequency of events
Wound infection	1	4	5
Intra-abdominal bleeding	3	2	5
Liver failure	2	2	4
Bile leakage	0	2	2
Intra-abdominal abscess	3	2	5
Pancreatic fistula	4	7	11
Pancreatojejunostomy insufficiency	1	0	1
Interstitial pneumonia	0	1	1
Outflow disturbance of hepatic vein	0	1	1
No. of patients with in hospital mortality	1	1	2
No. of patients with 90-day mortality	2	0	2

NR, patients without a portal vein resection; PVR, patients who underwent a portal vein resection using the no-touch technique.