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Table 2 Demographics and clinical data of the 15 single cases

From: Contributing factors to severe complications after liver resection: an aggregate root cause analysis in 105 consecutive patients

Case

Sex, Age

BMI

Indication

Liver resection Type

Associated procedure

Operative time, Minutes

Estimated blood loss, mL

Total

Pringle time, Minutes

Type of severe complication

Relaparotomy, (Number)

Clavien-Dindo

Grade

Time from Liver resection to death, Days

1

M, 50

30.00

GBCC

Bisegmentectomy Sg4b-Sg5

Main bile duct resection / Hepaticojejunostomy

240

200

40

Severe sepsis secondary to subphrenic abscess

No

IVa

NA

2

F, 53

25.53

GBCC

Bisegmentectomy Sg4b-Sg5

Distal Gastrectomy / Gastrojejunostomy

300

50

20

Biliary peritonitis secondary to cut surface leak

Yes

IIIb

NA

3

F, 79

29.61

CRLM

Bisegmentectomy Sg6-Sg7

No

150

150

48

Death caused by arrhythmia associated to septic pleural effusion

No

V

37

4

M, 73

23.30

CRLM

Wedge resections (4) in Sg6-Sg8, Sg4a, Sg3 and Sg2

No

330

300

79

Delayed awakening following anesthesia and delayed weaning POD4 associated to hemodynamic instability

No

IVa

NA

5

F, 68

26.63

HCC

Right hepatectomy with resection of Sg1

Diaphragm resection

330

400

0

Acute respiratory failure secondary to pulmonary embolism

No

IVa

NA

6

M, 61

21.97

CRLM

Wedge resection in Sg5

Right colectomy / Ileocolic anastomosis

180

50

15

Hemorrhagic shock secondary to ruptured false aneurysm / Biliary Peritonitis secondary to cut surface leak

Yes (2)

IVa

NA

7

M, 70

26.64

NETLM

Left hepatectomy with resection of Sg1

No

300

250

45

Hemorrhagic shock secondary to cut surface bleeding

Yes

IVa

NA

8

F, 51

23.87

CRLM

Wedge resections (2) in Sg4 and Sg5

Proctectomy / Colorectal Anastomosis

310

50

0

Death caused by septic shock secondary to a peritonitis from anastomosis leak

Yes

V

4

9

M, 31

19.09

CRLM

Left hepatectomy with wedge resections (3) in Sg1, Sg5-Sg6 and Sg6-Sg7

No

300

200

13

Biliary peritonitis secondary to a cystic duct leak

Yes

IIIb

NA

10

M, 60

29.41

CRLM

Wedege resection in Sg8

No

240

100

30

Acute respiratory failure secondary to pneumonia

No

IVa

NA

11

F, 58

26.45

PHCC

Left hepatectomy with resection of Sg1

Biliary confluence resection / Hepaticojejunostomy

420

700

12

Death caused by sepsis secondary to pneumonia, associated to liver failure

No

V

13

12

F, 57

31.36

CRLM

Segmentectomy Sg7

Proctectomy / Colorectal anastomosis

240

300

30

Peritonitis secondary to anastomosis leak

Yes (2)

IIIb

NA

13

F, 54

22.83

CRLM

Left hepatectomy with wedge resection (2) in Sg7 and Sg4b

Diaphragm and pericardium resection

300

700

26

Arrhythmia secondary to a pneumopericardium, associated to kidney failure

No

IVa

NA

14

M, 63

25.43

HCC

Segmentectomy Sg5

No

240

150

29

Death caused by sepsis secondary to pneumonia

No

V

5

15

M, 53

25.00

PHCC

Left hepatectomy with resection of Sg1

Biliary confluence resection / Hepaticojejunostomy

Portal resection / End to end anastomosis

360

500

32

Death caused by septic shock secondary to cholangitis

No

V

17

BMI body mass index, CRLM colorectal liver metastasis, GBCC gallbladder cholangiocarcinoma, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, NETLM neuroendocrine tumor liver metastasis, PHCC perihilar cholangiocarcinoma, Sg segment, RBC red blood cells, ICU intensive care unit