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Table 1 Patient and surgical characteristics comparing ISLT (n = 8) and PVEres (n = 12) group

From: In situ split plus portal vein ligation (ISLT) – a salvage procedure following inefficient portal vein embolization to gain adequate future liver remnant volume prior to extended liver resection

 

PVEres

ISLT

p-value

n = 12

n = 8

Patient characteristics

Age years (mean + SD)

67.5 + 11.2

67 + 9.8

0.92

Gender n (%)

  

0.85

 Male

7 (58.3)

5 (62.5)

 

 Female

5 (41.7)

3 (37.5)

 

ASA score n (%)

  

0.12

 2

6 (75)

2 (33.3)

 

 3

2 (25)

4 (66.7)

 

BMI (mean + SD)

26.5 + 3.7

27.1 + 4.2

0.73

Diabetes n (%)

  

0.49

 Yes

3 (25)

1 (12.5)

 

 No

9 (75)

7 (87.5)

 

Surgical characteristics and early outcome

Hospital stay (d) (median + SD)

36.3 + 28.2

30.0 + 28.9

0.63

Morbidity (Dindo/Clavien) n (%)

  

0.49

 no complication

4 (33.3)

1 (12.5)

 

 I-IIIa

2 (16.7)

1 12.5)

 

 IIIb-IVb

6 (50)

6 (75)

 

Postop 90-day mortality n (%)

3 (25)

2 (25)

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  1. ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, BMI body mass index, CCC cholangiocellular carcinoma, CRLM colorectal liver metastasis, d days, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, ISLT patients with in situ split transection along segments II and III plus portal ligation to hepatic segments IV to VIII, RCLM renal cell carcinoma liver metastasis, NET neuroendocrine tumor, N node, M metastases, PVEres extended right hepatectomy promptly following sufficient PVE, SD standard deviation, T tumor