Table 2.

Post-hepatectomy complications

Variables	Group A, N (%)	Group B, N (%)	P-value
Overall complications	114 (29.6%)	30 (25.6%)	0.673
Overall infectious complications	18 (4.7%)	15 (12.8%)	<0.01
Intra-abdominal abscess	14 (3.6%)	8 (6.8%)	0.032
Wound infection	4 (1.1%)	7 (5.9%)	<0.01
Hepatic insufficiency	14 (3.7%)	1 (0.8%)	0.101
Bile leak/biloma	28 (7.3%)	3 (2.6%)	0.524
Pleural effusion	19 (4.9%)	2 (1.7%)	0.106
Ileus	5 (1.3%)	3 (2.6%)	0.387
Pneumonia	8 (2.1%)	2 (1.7%)	0.739
Haemorrhage	6 (1.6%)	2 (1.7%)	0.454
Sepsis	3 (0.8%)	0 (0%)	0.325
Arrhythmia	5 (1.3%)	0 (0%)	0.204
UTI	4 (1.1%)	0 (0%)	0.254
DVT/PE	3 (0.8%)	0 (0%)	0.252
SBO	1 (0.3%)	2 (1.7%)	0.081
Percutaneous drainage	31 (8.1%)	10 (8.5%)	0.917
Reoperation	4 (1.1%)	3 (2.6%)	0.069
Duration of hospitalization [median (range), days]	10 (50)	9 (35)	0.101

UTI, urinary tract infection; DVT/PE, deep venous thrombosis/pulmonary embolism;

SBO, small bowel obstruction.