Skip to main content
. 2013 Mar 6;15(11):908–915. doi: 10.1111/hpb.12069

Table 4.

Postoperative outcomes

Benign disease group (n = 559) Malignant disease group (n = 1453) CLM (n = 546) HCC (n = 450) Biliary tumours (n = 194)
Mortality, n (%) 39 (50.7%)a 65 (4.5%) 9 (1.7%)b 29 (6.4%) 16 (8.2%)d
Overall morbidity, n (%) 267 (47.7%)a 870 (59.9%) 286 (52.3%)b 927 (63.8%)c 146 (75.3%)d
Clavien–Dindo class ≥3, n (%) 97 (17.4%)a 392 (27%) 124 (22.7%) 121 (26.8%)c 81 (41.8%)d
Liver-specific complications, n (%)
 Pulmonary 96 (17.1%)a 120 (21.5%) 100 (18.4%) 98 (21.8%) 54 (27.8%)d
 Liver failure 22 (0.4%)a 39 (2.7%) 13 (2.4%) 9 (2.0%)c 10 (5.2%)d
 Ascites 69 (12.4%)a 135 (24.1%) 98 (18%)b 131 (29.1%) 67 (34.5%)d
 Biliary fistula 39 (7.0%) 113 (7.8%) 112 (7.7%) 28 (6.2%)c 27 (13.9%)d
Reoperation, n (%) 16 (2.9%) 84 (5.8%) 51 (3.5%)b 31 (6.9%) 16 (8.2%)d
Intensive care unit stay, days, mean (range) 3.9 (1–52)a 6.1 (1–67) 5.5 (1–62) 6.4 (1–57) 7.4 (1–67)d
Hospital stay, days, mean (range) 11.3 (1–90)a 14.6 (1–96) 13.4 (1–82) 14.2 (3–84)c 19.5 (2–81)d
a

Marks a significant difference between the benign and malignant disease groups.

b

Marks a significant difference between CLM and HCC.

c

Marks a significant between HCC and biliary malignancy.

d

Marks a significant difference between biliary malignancy and CLM.

HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; CLM, colorectal liver metastasis.