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Table 3 Postoperative variables before and after propensity score matching

From: Safety and effectiveness evaluation of a two-handed technique combining harmonic scalpel and laparoscopic Peng’s multifunction operative dissector in laparoscopic hemihepatectomy

 

Entire cohort

Propensity-matched cohort

 

HS + LPMOD (n = 98)

LPMOD (n = 47)

P value

HS + LPMOD (n = 47)

LPMOD (n = 47)

P value

Bile leakage n (%)

7 (7.1)

4 (8.5)

0.77

3 (6.4)

4 (8.5)

0.694

Liver functions

      

 Mean peak AST (± SD)

253.8 (146.4)

316.7 (187.8)

0.33

260.8 (156.5)

316.7 (187.8)

0.431

 Mean peak ALT (± SD)

237.2 (126.1)

280.7 (223.6)

0.21

242.0 (143.2)

280.7 (223.6)

0.232

 Mean peak total bilirubin (± SD)

27.0 (4.7)

29.7 (5.5)

0.65

27.3 (3.6)

29.7 (5.5)

0.703

 Mean peak prothrombin time (± SD)

15.3 (3.4)

15.1 (2.5)

0.24

15.2 (3.1)

15.1 (2.5)

0.262

  1. HS harmonic scalpel, LPMOD laparoscopic Peng’s multifunction operative dissector, ALT alanine transaminase, AST aspartate transaminase