Table 5.

Clinical outcomes and postoperative complications of patients with hepatic alveolar echinococcosis in Group A and Group B n (%)

Variable	Group A (n = 59)	Group B (n = 47)	P value
Operating time, min, mean ± SD	227.1 ± 51.4	304.6 ± 88.1	0.007
Intraoperative blood loss, mL, mean ± SD	308.1 ± 135.4	458.1 ± 175.4	0.028
Intraoperative blood transfusion, mL, mean ± SD	186.4 ± 169.6	289.4 ± 199.2	0.040
Postoperative hospital stay	12.8 ± 3.0	12.0 ± 2.8	0.519
Perioperative mortality	0	0
Liver failure	0	0
Abdominal bleeding	0	0
Biliary fistula	1 (1.7)	2 (4.3)	0.415
Wound infection	4 (6.8)	5 (10.6)	0.358
Ascites	3 (5.1)	5 (10.6)	0.240
Pleural effusion	4 (6.8)	5 (10.6)	0.358
Pulmonary infection	2 (3.4)	3 (6.4)	0.393
Urinary system infection	1 (1.7)	0 (0)	0.557
Total complications	15 (25.4)	19 (40.4)	0.076