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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2015 Feb 28;221(1):38–46. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.01.063

Table 2.

Indications for 45 Days Unplanned Readmission after Hepatectomy in Percent of Readmissions (n = 312) and Total (n = 3,041)

n % of Readmissions % of Total
Intraabdominal fluid collection 141 45.2 4.6
 Requiring intervention (drainage, reoperation, ERCP) 128 41 4.2
Dehydration, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, renal failure 41 13.1 1.3
Pleural effusion, pneumonia or other respiratory 36 11.5 1.2
 Requiring intervention (drainage) 26 8.3 0.9
Wound infection, wound erythema, fascial dehiscence 29 9.3 1
Biliary obstruction, cholangitis, pancreatitis, duodenitis 26 8.3 0.9
Abdominal (fistula, bowel injury, bowel obstruction, GI bleeding) 23 7.4 0.8
Hepatic insufficiency and ascites 18 5.8 0.6
Pain without other finding 12 3.8 0.4
Urinary (infection, obstruction, bleeding) 6 1.9 0.2
Other cause 27 8.7 0.9
 Related to index admission or disease 22 7.1 0.7

ERCP: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; GI: gastrointestinal