Research Article

Improving Outcomes Defending Patient Safety: The Learning Journey in Robotic Liver Resections

Table 1

Patients characteristics and type of resection.

First period 
(30)
Second period 
(30)
p-value

Age (years, mean)57 (±14.1)59 (±13.7)0.65

Male/Female21/920/100.78

Child A28 (93.3%)27 (90%)0.64

Child B2 (6.7%)3 (10%)0.64

Liver Cirrhosis15 (50%)17 (56.7%)0.70

Right hepatectomy200.15

Left hepatectomy100.32

Bisegmentectomies
(left lateral sectionectomies)
6 
(5)
2 
(0)
0.07 
(0.01)

Segmentectomies11111

Wedge resections10140.3

Cystopericystectomies130.3