Table 3. Complications after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma.
| Variables |
Total (n=3386, 100%) |
Age ≥ 80 y (n=77, 2.3%) |
Age < 80y (n=3309, 97.7%) |
p value | ||||||
| Any complications (n (%)) | 1393(42.4) | 46 (63.9) | 1336 (41.6) | 0.147 | ||||||
| 30-day mortality (n (%)) | 61 (1.8) | 3 (3.9) | 58 (1.8) | 0.162 | ||||||
| In-hospital mortality (n (%)) | 97 (2.9) | 5 (6.5) | 92 (2.8) | 0.059 | ||||||
| Mean hospital stay(days)a | 11.25 ± 0.31 | 14.12 ± 1.89 | 11.15 ± 0.31 | 0.102 | ||||||
| Surgical complications b |
Total (n=278, 100%) |
Age ≥ 80 y (n=11, 4.0%) |
Age < 80y (n=267, 96.0%) |
p value | ||||||
| Wound infection(n (%)) | 9 (3.2) | 0 (0) | 9 (3.4) | 0.536 | ||||||
| Bile leakage (n (%)) | 12 (4.3) | 0 (0) | 12 (4.5) | 0.472 | ||||||
| Post-OP bleeding requiring re-operation (n (%)) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4) | 0.839 | ||||||
| Ascites requiring diuretics(n (%)) | 82 (29.5) | 5 (45.5) | 77 (28.8) | 0.236 | ||||||
| Jaundice (n (%)) | 2 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.7) | 0.773 | ||||||
| Pleural effusion (n (%)) | 5 (1.8) | 1 (9.1) | 4 (1.5) | 0.184 | ||||||
| Respiratory failure requiring intubation (n (%)) | 2 (0.7) | 1 (9.1) | 1 (0.4) | 0.078 | ||||||
a: mean ±standard error of mean; b: analysis performed on a subgroup of patients operated by a single surgeon between 2011 to 2015 (total patients: 278, Age ≥ 80 y: 11).