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. 2018 Jul 2;2018:8436749. doi: 10.1155/2018/8436749

Table 3.

Postoperative complication according to Clavien-Dindo classification [11].

Parameters Drainage group
(n = 106)
Nondrainage group
(n = 106)
P value
Total complications 16 15 0.15
No. patients with complications (n, %) 12 (11.3%) 14 (13.2%) 0.16
Bile leak (grade IIIa) 2 1 0.22
Fluid collection (grade I) 7 9 0.24
Bile duct injury (grade IIIa) 0 0 0.23
Pulmonary inflammation (grade II) 2 3 0.16
Incision hernia(grade II) 2 1 0.21
Bleeding (grade IIIa) 1 0 0.35
Wound infection(grade II) 2 1 0.21

According to Clavien-Dindo classification of surgical complications. Grade 1 complications required no surgical or medicinal treatment; Grade 2 complications required medicinal therapy; Grade 3 complications required surgical, endoscopic, or radiologic treatment. Grades 1 and 2 were considered as minor complications, whereas Grades 3-5 were considered as major complications.