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Table 4 Postoperative complications of different methods of ALPPS

From: Application of associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy for initially unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma

Group

Pulmonary infection (including pleural effusion)

Gastrointestinal bleeding

Abdominal infection

Incision infection

Bile leakage

Overall incidence

S1*

 Open (n = 8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (12.5%)

0 (0.0)

2 (25%)

3 (37.5%)

 Laparoscopic (n = 14)

1 (7.1%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (7.1%)

0 (0.0)

2 (14.3%)

S2#

 Open (n = 15)

3 (20.0%)

0 (0.0)

2 (13.3%)

1 (6.7%)

0 (0.0)

6 (40%)

 Laparoscopic (n = 5)

0 (0.0)

1 (20%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (20%)

  1. *S1, the first stage procedure
  2. #S2, the second stage procedure