Table 3 The patient specific outcomes

General background

 Sex

  Female

42(49.41%)

31(36.47%)

12(14.12%)

0.189

  Male

69(41.57%)

65(39.16%)

32(19.28%)

Comorbidity

  Yes

1(2.38%)

11(26.19%)

30(71.43%)

< 0.001

  No

110(52.63%)

85(40.67%)

14(6.70%)

Diagnosis

 Malignant diseases

84(43.52%)

74(38.34%)

35(18.13%)

0.581

 Benign diseases

27(46.55%)

22(37.93%)

9(15.52%)

Preoperative evaluation

 Blood test

  Albumin (g/L)

   < 35

9(14.52%)

21(33.87%)

32(51.61%)

< 0.001

   ≥ 35

102(53.97%)

75(39.68%)

12(6.35%)

  T-BIL^# (µmol/L)

   ≤ 21

109(57.98%)

66(35.11%)

13(6.91%)

< 0.001

   > 21

2(3.17%)

30(47.62%)

31(49.21%)

 Child-pugh

  A

109(50.93%)

88(41.12%)

17(7.94%)

< 0.001

  B/C

2(5.41%)

8(21.62%)

27(72.97%)

Tumor-related factors

 Largest tumor size (cm)

  ≤ 5

59(44.03%)

48(35.82%)

27(20.15%)

0.459

  > 5

52(44.44%)

48(41.03%)

17(14.53%)

 Number of lesions

  Single

94(43.12%)

87(39.91%)

37(16.97%)

0.381

  Multiple

17(51.52%)

9(27.27%)

7(21.21%)

Operative variables

 Resection scope

  Minor hepatectomy

82(46.86%)

65(37.14%)

28(16.00%)

0.397

  Major hepatectomy

29(38.16%)

31(40.79%)

16(21.05%)

 Resection style

  Nonanatomical

75(43.60%)

65(37.79%)

32(18.60%)

0.806

  Anatomical

36(45.57%)

31(39.24%)

12(15.19%)

 Operative duration (min)

  < 180

78(61.90%)

38(30.16%)

10(7.94%)

< 0.001

  ≥ 180

33(26.40%)

58(46.40%)

34(27.20%)

 Blood loss (mL)

  ≤ 800

109(47.60%)

87(37.99%)

33(14.41%)

< 0.001

  > 800

2(9.09%)

9(40.91%)

11(50.00%)

 Blood transfusion

  Yes

107(65.64%)

46(28.22%)

10(6.13%)

< 0.001

  No

4(4.55%)

50(56.82%)

34(38.63%)

Complication

 Yes

11(23.40%)

14(29.79%)

22(46.81%)

< 0.001

 No

100(49.02%)

82(40.20%)

22(10.78%)

Death

 Yes

0(0.00%)

3(60.00%)

2(40.00%)

0.114

 No

111(45.12%)

93(37.80%)

42(17.07%)

Preoperative stay (days)

 ≤ 7

87(43.72%)

75(37.69%)

37(18.59%)

0.689

 > 7

24(46.15%)

21(40.38%)

7(13.46%)

Postoperative stay (days)

 ≤ 14

88(50.57%)

66(37.93%)

20(11.49%)

< 0.001

 > 14

23(29.87%)

30(38.96%)

24(31.17%)