Table 3.
Operative and postoperative patient characteristics.
| Variables | Normal Weight (n = 48 Patients) |
Overweight (n = 33 Patients) |
Obese (n = 14 Patients) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extent of liver surgery | 0.27 | |||
| Wedge resection + | 0 (0%) | 3 (9.1%) | 1 (7.1%) | |
| Hemihepatectomy right | 3 (6.3%) | 4 (12.1%) | 3 (21.4%) | |
| Hemihepatectomy left | 5 (10.4%) | 3 (9.1%) | 3 (21.4%) | |
| Extended hemihepatectomy right | 31 (64.6%) | 18 (54.5%) | 5 (35.7%) | |
| Extended hemihepatectomy left | 9 (18.8%) | 5. (15.2%) | 2. (14.3%) | |
| Portal vein resection | 0.91 | |||
| Yes | 34 (70.8%) | 24 (72.7%) | 10 (71.4%) | |
| No | 14 (29.2%) | 9 (27.3%) | 3 (28.6%) | |
| Operative time (min) | 392 ± 93 | 417 ± 101 | 453 ± 116 | 0.27 |
| Blood loss (ml) | 960 ± 320 | 600 ± 170 | 490 ± 590 | 0.22 |
| mean and SEM | ||||
| Blood transfusion | 0.88 | |||
| Yes | 21 (43.8%) | 14 (42.4%) | 7 (50%) | |
| No | 27 (56.2%) | 19 (57.6%) | 7 (50%) | |
| Hospital stay (days) | 23.8 ± 6.3 | 26.2 ± 5.2 | 32.8 ± 8.2 | 0.001 |
| Stay in ICU (days) | 5.3 ± 3.3 | 6.2 ± 6.5 | 9.5 ± 10.1 | 0.21 |
| Grade of Complications | 0.567 | |||
| Minor (I/II) | 7 (7.3%) | 6 (6.3%) | 1 (1%) | |
| Major (>III) | 23 (24.2%) | 19 (20%) | 10 (10.5%) | |
| Adjuvant chemotherapy | 0.02 | |||
| Yes | 4 (8.3%) | 9 (27.3%) | 5 (35.7%) | |
| No | 44 (91.7%) | 24 (72.7%) | 9 (64.3%) |