Table 2. Surgical outcome (ALPPS first stage compared with RH).
Variable | ALPPS I | RH | P |
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blood loss (mL) | 432 (100–1,200) | 890 (200–3,000) | 0.025 |
blood transfusion (U) | 2.3 (0–8) | 2.9 (0–8) | 0.354 |
Surgical time (min) | 248.3 (169–373) | 241.6 (177–409) | 0.305 |
R0 resection rate | 100% | 95.2%* |
*, one patient after RH was found to have tumors in the cutting edge under microscope, which was deemed as R1 resection. ALPPS I, The first stage of associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy; RH, right hepatectomy.