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Table 3 Short-term outcomes stratified by BMI status

From: The impact of body mass index on short-term and long-term surgical outcomes of laparoscopic hepatectomy in liver carcinoma patients: a retrospective study

Variables

Underweight

Normal weight

Overweight

p value

Estimated blood loss (ml, mean ± SD)

635.65±605.51

468.48±760.08

426.46±634.45

0.444

Blood transfusion

178.26±285.97

198.13±493.80

152.56±368.28

0.777

Conversion

3 (13.0)

14 (14.6)

12 (14.6)

0.980

Operative time (min, mean ± SD)

177.04±110.10

171.24±104.10

159.93±79.50

0.641

Postoperative length of stay (D)

9.87±4.36

10.10±5.88

9.82±5.27

0.938

Complication

11 (47.8)

21 (21.9)

14 (17.1)

0.048*

Bile leak

5 (21.7)

6 (6.3)

4 (4.9)

0.037*

Introabodominal sepsis

1 (4.3)

4 (4.2)

3 (3.7)

0.432

Surgical site infection

0 (0)

3 (3.1)

1 (1.2)

0.737

Ascites

3 (13.0)

4 (4.2)

0 (0)

0.032*

Pneumonia

2 (8.7)

3 (3.1)

3 (3.7)

0.758

Bleeding

0 (0)

1 (1.0)

3 (3.7)

0.647

Clavien classification

 I-II

5 (21.7)

18 (18.8)

15 (18.3)

0.732

 III–IV

2 (8.7)

3 (3.1)

1 (1.2)

0.042*

 Chemotherapy

7 (30.4)

38 (39.6)

38/82 (46.3)

0.442

  1. *p<0.05