Table 4.
Patients’ operative and postoperative outcome according to phases of the learning curve.
| Phase 1 | Phase 2 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anastomosis duration (min) | 51.20 ± 20.55 | 30.56 ± 6.18 | 0.00 |
| Blood loss (mL/kg·min) | 20.36 ± 14.19 | 9.26 ± 6.68 | 0.00 |
| GRWR (%) | 3.56 ± 0.92 | 3.44 ± 0.85 | 0.57 |
| Ventilation (h) | 86.85 ± 169.61 | 58.65 ± 64.29 | 0.38 |
| PICU stay (h) | 193.27 ± 233.52 | 149.42 ± 97.97 | 0.32 |
| Hospital stay (d) | 34.76 ± 18.04 | 48.40 ± 68.70 | 0.21 |
| TBIL (μmol/L) | 42.89 ± 47.48 | 22.49 ± 15.34 | 0.02 |
| DBIL (μmol/L) | 22.20 ± 34.80 | 9.41 ± 11.61 | 0.05 |
| Alb (g/L) | 48.42 ± 6.53 | 49.17 ± 6.22 | 0.62 |
| ALT (U/L) | 146.92 ± 108.18 | 151.54 ± 120.53 | 0.86 |
| AST (U/L) | 81.54 ± 107.43 | 79.51 ± 101.03 | 0.94 |
| ALP (U/L) | 67.31 ± 32.59 | 91.60 ± 49.84 | 0.01 |
| GGT (U/L) | 109.34 ± 146.61 | 101.11 ± 93.80 | 0.78 |
| CREA (μmol/L) | 21.21 ± 10.81 | 19.13 ± 13.99 | 0.47 |
| INR | 1.59 ± 0.45 | 1.58 ± 0.45 | 0.98 |
| PLT (*109/L) | 125.93 ± 67.49 | 224.90 ± 102.20 | 0.00 |
| HGB (g/L) | 99.11 ± 15.23 | 97.37 ± 12.79 | 0.60 |
| Type of complications | |||
| Bile leak | 1 (2.3) | 2 (6.25) | |
| Biliary anastomosis stricture | 3 (6.98) | 4 (12.5) | |
| Respiratory failure | 2 (4.65) | 0 (0) | |
| Portal vein stenosis | 14 (32.6) | 3 (9.4) | |
| Haemorrhage | 1 (2.3) | 1 (3.12) | |
| Infection | 0 (0) | 2 (6.25) | |
| PTLD | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0) | |
| HAT | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Hepatic arterial stenosis | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Aneurysm of the hepatic artery | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Total | 22 (51.1) | 12 (37.5) | 0.48 |