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Table 3 Comparison of surgical results between patients with and without cirrhosis

From: BiClamp® vessel-sealing device for open hepatic resection of malignant and benign liver tumours: a single-institution experience

Features

Cirrhosis

(n = 56)

Non-cirrhosis

(n = 28)

P value

Gender, No, (F/M)

3/53

15/13

0.000a

Age, (Y)

50.4 ± 12.3

54.9 ± 8.7

0.228

Operative time (minutes)

166.4 ± 39.2

174.0 ± 55.5

0.611

Parenchymal transaction time (minutes)

34.1 ± 14.8

40.9 ± 19.2

0.208

Liver cut surface area (cm2)

98.4 ± 48.1

88.7 ± 35.0

0.508

Mean transection speed (cm2/min)

3.3 ± 2.1

2.5 ± 1.3

0.217

Total blood loss (ml)

491.0 ± 535.7

588.8 ± 617.5

0.598

Mean blood loss (mL/cm2)

5.5 ± 6.1

7.6 ± 10.1

0.406

No. of transfused patients (0%)

6 (10.7%)

6 (21.4%)

0.321b

No. of patients with Pringle (%)

34 (42.9%)

20 (71.4%)

0.469b

Operative morbidity (%)

16 (28.6%)

4 (14.3%)

0.147a

Inhospital (days)

9.5 ± 3.1

9.1 ± 2.1

0.635

  1. Comparisons of mean ± SD used independent samples t-tests; aFisher’s exact; bχ2