Research Article
Infrahepatic Inferior Vena Cava Clamping Reduces Blood Loss during Liver Transection for Cholangiocarcinoma
Table 1
Baseline characteristics.
| Variables | IVC clamping () | No IVC clamping () | (%) or median (IQR) | (%) or median (IQR) |
| Gender | | | | | Male | 20 | (51.3%) | 52 | (67.5%) | Female | 19 | (48.7%) | 25 | (32.5%) | Characteristics of lesions | | | | | Location | | | | | Intrahepatic | 14 | (35.9%) | 38 | (49.4%) | Perihilar | 25 | (64.1%) | 39 | (50.6%) | Gross morphology | | | | | Mass forming | 2 | (5.1%) | 10 | (13.0%) | Periductal infiltration | 12 | (30.8%) | 21 | (27.3%) | Intraductal growth | 25 | (64.1%) | 46 | (59.7%) | Preoperative laboratory investigation | | | | | Cholesterol | 123 | (57) | 139 | (54) | Total bilirubin | 1.2 | (2.3) | 0.9 | (2.1) | AST | 298 | (276) | 205 | (289) | ALT | 201 | (245) | 148 | (204) | ALP | 119.5 | (119) | 97 | (87) | Albumin | 2.7 | (0.8) | 2.8 | (0.8) | INR | 1.13 | (0.19) | 1.13 | (0.21) | Creatinine | 0.81 | (0.45) | 0.89 | (0.28) |
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