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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: HPB (Oxford). 2020 Sep 17;23(4):551–559. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2020.08.013

Table 2.

Treatment, Pathologic and Operative Characteristics associated with Post-Hepatectomy Liver Failure after Minor Hepatectomy

Total, n (%) PHLF, n (%) No PHLF, n (%) P value
Overall 7029 187 (2.7) 6842 (97.3)
Wound Class 0.239
 Clean, n (%) 1117 (15.9) 23 (2.1) 1094 (97.9)
 Clean-Contaminated, n (%) 5455 (77.6) 148 (2.7) 5307 (97.3)
 Contaminated/Dirty, n (%) 457 (6.5) 16 (3.5) 441 (96.5)
Surgical Pathology < 0.001
 Benign, n (%) 1964 (27.9) 19 (1.0) 1945 (99.0)
 Primary Hepatobiliary, n (%) 2201 (31.3) 120 (5.5) 2081 (94.6)
 Secondary/Unknown, n (%) 2864 (40.8) 48 (1.7) 2816 (98.3)
Liver Texture < 0.001
 Normal/Not documented, n (%) 5320 (75.7) 97 (1.8) 1619 (94.7)
 Cirrhotic/Congested/Fatty/Fibrotic, n (%) 1709 (24.3) 90 (5.3) 5223 (98.2)
Number of tumors, median (IQR) 1 (1 - 2) 1 (1 - 1) 1 (1 - 2) < 0.001
Operative Time (min), mean (SD) 207.1 (107.1) 262.5 (121.9) 205.6 (106.4) < 0.001
Surgical Approach < 0.001
 Minimally Invasive, n (%) 2101 (29.9) 25 (1.2) 2076 (98.8)
 Open/Other, n (%) 4928 (70.1) 162 (3.3) 4766 (96.7)
Procedure Type 0.111
 Partial Lobectomy, n (%) 6047 (86.0) 149 (2.5) 5898 (97.5)
 Left hemi-hepatectomy, n (%) 982 (14.0) 38 (3.9) 944 (96.1)
Concurrent colorectal resection 0.521
 Yes, n (%) 415 (5.9) 9 (2.2) 406 (97.8)
 No, n (%) 6614 (94.1) 178 (2.7) 6436 (97.3)
Concurrent ablation, n (%) 0.379
 Yes 669 (9.5) 14 (2.1) 655 (97.9)
 No 6360 (90.5) 173 (2.7) 6187 (97.3)
Pringle Maneuver, n (%) < 0.001
 Yes 1291 (18.4) 59 (4.6) 1232 (95.4)
 No 5738 (81.6) 128 (2.2) 5610 (97.8)
Biliary Reconstruction, n (%) < 0.001
 Yes 274 (3.9) 21 (7.7) 253 (92.3)
 No 6755 (96.1) 166 (2.5) 6589 (97.5)
Surgical Drain, n (%) < 0.001
 Yes 2866 (40.8) 113 (3.9) 2753 (96.1)
 No 4163 (59.2) 74 (1.8) 4089 (98.2)

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range