Table 3. The postoperative liver function data.

	No occlusion group (n = 200)	The Pringle group (n = 158)	The hemi-hepatic group (n = 216)	P value
Day 1
TBIL(umol/l)	28.0±16.4	28.2±15.2	30.8±20.0	0.209
ALT(u/l)	413.9±415.8	409.7±319.8	432.5±574.5	0.873
AST(u/l)	392.2±389.7	417.5±390.5	438.7±623.2	0.627
Albumin(g/l)	28.4±5.1	28.3±5.4	28.8±5.6	0.560
Day 3
TBIL(umol/l)	33.3±20.4	33.5±19.8	37.1±31.5	0.229
ALT(u/l)	282.1±262.0	296.9±243.2	281.8±266.9	0.827
AST(u/l)	139.7±123.7	151.6±140.6	147.0±129.0	0.681
Albumin(g/l)	31.7±4.1	31.2±4.6	31.4±5.1	0.578
Day 5
TBIL(umol/l)	28.0±24.1	28.0±20.8	32.1±32.0	0.196
ALT(u/l)	127.7±106.1	133.2±104.4	129.4±111.8	0.885
AST(u/l)	56.4±37.3	60.8±40.8	66.4±68.3	0.141
Albumin(g/l)	34.1±4.8	34.5±5.6	34.8±5.0	0.422

TBIL: total serum bilirubin; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase;