Table 2.
Comparison between aborted resection and palliative resection
| Variable | N (%) | Aborted (n = 106) |
Palliative surgery (n = 94) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perioperative mortality | 10 (5.1) | 4 (3.8) | 6 (6.7) | 0.349 |
| Complications | 76 (38.0) | 32 (30.2) | 44 (46.9) | 0.031 |
| Minor complication | 54 (27.0) | 28 (26.4) | 26 (27.7) | 0.843 |
| Major complication | 22 (11.0) | 4 (3.8) | 18 (19.2) | 0.001 |
| No. of complications | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 1 (0–1) | 0.010 |
| Clavien-Dindo grade (median, range) | – | I (I–II) | II (I–IIIa) | 0.012 |
| Specific complications | ||||
| Superficial surgical site infection | 12 (7.0) | 5 (5.7) | 7 (8.3) | 0.495 |
| Deep surgical site infection | 8 (4.7) | 1 (1.1) | 7 (8.3) | 0.025 |
| Intra-abdominal infection | 4 (2.3) | 2 (2.3) | 2 (2.4) | 0.962 |
| Bleeding | 4 (2.3) | 0 | 4 (4.8) | 0.038 |
| Bile leak | 5 (2.9) | 0 | 5 (6.0) | 0.020 |
| Anastomotic leak | 1 (0.6) | 0 | 1 (1.2) | 0.305 |
| New post-op ascites | 3 (1.8) | 1 (1.15) | 2 (2.4) | 0.533 |
| Reoperation | 5 (2.5) | 2 (1.9) | 3 (3.23) | 0.554 |
| Peak post-op bilirubin | 1.9 (0.8–5.4) | 1.8 (0.8–4.9) | 2 (0.8–6.2) | 0.627 |
| Length of stay (days) | 6 (3–8) | 4.5 (2–7) | 7 (5–10) | <0.001 |
| Readmission | 55 (29.4) | 32 (31.7) | 23 (26.7) | 0.460 |
| Time to readmission | 17.5 (7–37) | 14.5 (7.5–37.5) | 24.5 (7–37) | 0.481 |
| Location of readmission | ||||
| Participating center | 53 (98.2) | 31 (96.9) | 22 (100) | 0.403 |
| Other | 1 (1.9) | 1 (3.1) | 0 | |