Table 5 Postoperative complications and their management

Complications

59 (29.6%)

25 (21.9%)

84 (26.8%)

0.138

Pleural effusion

23 (11.6%)

10 (8.8%)

33 (10.5%)

0.440

28: conservatively

5: drainage

Bile leak

9 (4.5%)

7 (6.1%)

16 (5.1%)

0.532

8: spontaneously resolved

5: ERCP and stenting

3: PTCBD

Wound infection

27 (13.6%)

12 (10.5%)

39 (12.5%)

0.433

36: antibiotics

3: debridement

Intraabdominal hemorrhage (minor)

2 (1%)

2 (1.8%)

4 (1.3%)

0.624

PRBC transfusion

DVT

4 (2%)

3 (2.6%)

7 (2.2%)

0.703

7: LMWH

Intraabdominal collection

8 (4%)

6 (5.3%)

14 (4.5%)

0.609

8: percutaneous drainage

6: conservatively/antibiotics

Transient hepatic failure

6 (3%)

0 (0%)

6 (1.9%)

0.09

Conservatively

Thirty-day mortality

1 (0.5%)

1 (0.9%)

2 (0.6%)