Outcomes of simple saline-coupled bipolar electrocautery for hepatic resection

Table 5 Laboratory values and hospital stay n (%)

Recovery evaluation		BIP	CUSA+BIP	CLAMP1	P value
		(n = 75)	(n = 53)	(n = 251)
TB (μmol/L)	Pre-	15.2 (4.3-360.7)	15.5 (4.9-313.9)	13.5 (3.5-358.9)	0.425
	Day 1	26.5 (4.3-292.1)	23.4 (4.3-292.3)	25.9 (5.5-321.4)	0.771
	Day 3	22.1 (3.9-215.4)	18.3 (6.6-422.0)	21.9 (5.6-294.6)	0.325
	ΔTB2	6.4 (-189.9-160.3)	2.9 (-135.3-261.9)	6 (-137.7-156.9)	0.585
ALT (μmol/L)	Pre-	32 (11-337)	48 (10-579)	36 (7-984)	0.187
	Day 1	314 (21-1616)	279 (32-1760)	200 (16-3449)	< 0.001
	Day 3	136 (17-1717)	135 (27-2246)	130 (10-1114)	0.272
	ΔALT2	85 (-174-1691)	84 (-449-2183)	84 (-808-1065)	0.388
AST (μmol/L)	Pre-	35 (14-261)	40 (6-531)	33 (8-698)	0.693
	Day 1	323 (43-1591)	294 (20-3182)	247 (14-3750)	0.109
	Day 3	88 (15-1404)	59 (20-2388)	72 (12-940)	0.143
	ΔAST2	38 (-133-1372)	24 (-510-2350)	31 (-617-853)	0.168
ALB (g/L)3	Pre-	37.5 ± 6.1	40.9 ± 5.3	39.4 ± 5.8	0.003
mean ± SD	Day 1	26.9 ± 5.6	29.4 ± 4.3	26.2 ± 4.9	< 0.001
	Day 3	27.2 ± 4.3	29.9 ± 4.8	27.5 ± 4.3	< 0.001
	ΔALB2	10.3 ± 6.0	11.0 ± 6.2	12.0 ± 5.9	0.078
Hospital stay (d) mean ± SD		16.6 ± 7.4	15.3 ± 9.2	16.5 ± 9.6	0.666

¹One case in group C who died from massive bleeding and multiple organ failure was excluded;

²Δtotal bilirubin (TB, μmol/L) = TB (day 3 - pre-), Δalanine transaminase (ALT, μmol/L) = ALT (day 3 - pre-), Δaspertate aminotransferase (AST, μmol/L) = AST (day 3 - pre-), Δalbumin (ALB, g/L) = ALB (pre- - day 3);

³Variables are expressed as mean ± SD, PANOVA (F). Pre-: Pre-operation; BIP: Bipolar coagulation; CUSA: Cavitron ultrasonic surgical aspirator; CLAMP: Conventional clamp crushing.