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Table 3 Postoperative parameters of the 70 patients with rectal cancer and synchronous liver metastases according to their management

From: Simultaneous or staged resection for synchronous liver metastasis and primary rectal cancer: a propensity score matching analysis

 

Before matching

After matching

Overall Population

Staged surgery

Simultaneous surgery

P

Staged surgery

Simultaneous surgery

P

N (%)

70 (100)

48 (69)

22 (31)

-

22

22

 

Complications

43 (61.4)

34 (70.8)

9 (40.1)

0.0329

16 (72.7)

12 (54.6)

0.210

Clavien I–II

24 (34.3)

18 (37.5)

6 (27.2)

0.5882

15 (68.2)

10 (45.6)

0.128

Clavien III–IV

19 (27.1)

16 (33.3)

3 (13.6)

0.1462

1 (4.6)

2 (9.1)

0.549

Sepsis, n (%)

17 (24.3)

15 (31.3)

2 (9.1)

0.0398

7 (31.8)

6(27.3)

0.741

Anastomotic fistula, n (%)

17 (24.3)

15 (31.3)

2 (9.1)

0.0398

2 (9.1)

2 (9.1)

0.999

Antibiotics only, n (%)

5 (7.1)

4 (8.3)

1 (4.5)

1.000

2 (9.1)

2 (9.1)

0.999

CT scan Drainage for colorectal complications

8 (11.4)

8 (16.7)

0

0.0498

0

0

-

Surgical drainage laparotomy for colorectal complications

4 (5.7)

3 (6.3)

1 (4.5)

1.000

0

0

-

Hepatic failure, n (%)

0

0

0

1.000

0

0

-

Biloma, n (%)

4 (5.7)

4 (8.3)

0

0.3008

2 (9.1)

0

0.148

Biloma CT-guided drainage, n (%)

3 (4.3)

3 (6.3)

0

0.5467

0

0

-

Biloma surgical drainage, n (%)

1 (1.4)

1 (2.1)

0

1.000

1 (4.6)

0

0.312

Pulmonary complications, n (%)

5 (7.1)

3 (6.3)

2 (9.1)

0.6463

0

2

0.148

Neurological complications, n (%)

3 (4.3)

2 (4.2)

1 (4.5)

1.000

0

1 (4.6)

0.311

Ileus, n (%)

9 (12.9)

6 (12.5)

3 (13.6)

1.000

1 (4.6)

3 (13.6)

0.294

Hospital stay (days), median

21 (15–29)

25 (18–30)*

12 (9–19)

0.0249

8 (6–15)

12 (8–28)

0.298

  1. Post-operative hepatic failure defined as bilirubine > 50 micromol/L and prothrombine < 50%
  2. Number in bold correspond to an stastical difference (P < 0.05)
  3. IQR interquartile range, CT computed tomography
  4. *Hospitalization stay days included two hospitalization of the two staged