Table 3.

Postoperative Outcome	CUSA hepatectomy n = 20	Stapler hepatectomy n = 20	Overall n = 40	p value
Positive resection margin (R1), n	0/12	0/15		1.000 a
Clavien-Dindo Grade, n (%)				0.305 b
I	2 (10)	1 (5)	3 (7.5)
II	1 (5)	1 (5)	2 (5)
IIIa	2 (10)	2 (10)	4 (10)
IIIb	1 (5)	3 (15)	4 (10)
IVa	0	1 (5)	1 (2.5)
IVb	0	0	0
V	0	1 (5)	1 (2.5)
Hospital stay duration, median (Q1-Q3) §	9.5 (8–11)	12 (11–20.3)	11 (8.8–13.3)	0.009 b
Time on ICU, median (Q1-Q3)	1 (1–2)	1 (1–2)	1 (1–2)	0.373 b

^§ in case of death (n = 1) hospital stay was imputed with 78

^a Fishers-exact test,

^b Mann-Whitney U test