Fresh frozen plasma transfusion does not affect outcomes following hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 4 Multivariate analysis of disease-free survival and overall survival after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with intraoperative blood loss of ≥ 2000 mL

	n	DFS			OS
		OR	95% CI	P-value	OR	95% CI	P-value
Maximum size of tumor (cm)		1.553	0.755-3.191	NS
≤ 5	16
> 5	31
Tumor number					2.280	0.874-5.591	NS
Single	24
Multiple	26
Vascular invasion		2.445	1.091-5.464	0.0299	3.203	1.216-8.439	0.0185
(-)	25
(+)	25
RCC transfusion		1.695	0.674-4.261	NS
(-)	22
(+)	28
FFP transfusion		1.340	0.512-3.005	NS
(-)	29
(+)	21

DFS: Disease-free survival; OS: Overall survival; OR: Odds ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; RCC: Red cell concentrate; FFP: Fresh frozen plasma; NS: Not significant.