Does clamping during liver surgery predispose to thrombosis of the hepatic veins? Analysis of 210 cases

Table 1 Clinical, intraoperative and postoperative parameters of 210 patients undergoing liver resections under selective hepatic vascular exclusion (data are expressed as medians with range)

Clinical, intraoperative and postoperative parameters
Age (yr)	63 (1-86)
Indication for hepatectomy
Malignancy	173
Benign (hemangioma, hydatid cyst, etc)	37
Type of hepatectomy
Right hepatectomy	92
Left hepatectomy	40
Minor hepatectomy (1-2 segments)	78
Intraoperative data
Warm ischemic time (min)	39 (25-61)
Blood loss (mL)	420 (140-3100)
Transfusions of pRBCs (U)	0 (0-14)
Outcome
Morbidity (pleural effusion, bile leak, chest infection, post-operative bleeding, wound infection, postoperative liver failure)	34%
Mortality	3 (1.5%)1
Hospital stay (d)	12 (4-37)

¹One death due to postoperative liver failure, 1 due to cardiomyopathy and cardiac arrest and 1 due to postoperative sepsis.