Should temporary extracorporeal continuous portal diversion replace meso/porta-caval shunts in “small-for-size” syndrome in porcine hepatectomy?

Table 1 Characteristics of the experimental groups and hemodynamic studies

	Control group	Diversion group	P value
Body weight (kg)	17.4 ± 3.3	18.1 ± 3.5	0.97
Left tri-lobes (g)	351.2 ± 14.9	365.5 ± 15.8	0.81
ETL (g)	442.7 ± 18.4	457.0 ± 19.7	0.86
WRL (g)	390.7 ± 19.4	401.8 ± 20.4	0.79
ERL (g)	55.7 ± 3.8	60.8 ± 4.1	0.91
Proportion of ERL (%)	12.8 ± 2.3	13.2 ± 3.5	0.87
OT (min)	115 ± 23	121 ± 28	0.45
Blood loss (mL)	35.7 ± 13.8	45.1 ± 16.1	0.73

Data are expressed as mean ± SD. Estimated total liver weight = (weight of left tri-lobes) × 100/80. ETL: Estimated total liver weight; ERL: Estimated residual liver weight; WRL: Weight of resected liver.