Review Article

Laparoscopy-Assisted versus Open Hepatectomy for Live Liver Donor: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Systematic review of postoperative complications.

AuthorGroupEventSpecified complications Complication (%)
1234

Baker et al. [8]LA337Small bowel injury × 1, biloma × 1, wound infection × 115.26.100
O337Biloma × 1, pleural effusion × 1, bowel obstruction × 115.26.100
Thenappan et al. [9] LA152Wound infection × 1, incisional hernia × 1
O153Biliary leakage × 1, incisional hernia × 2
Choi et al. [10] LA206Wound complication × 2, diaphragmatic hernia × 1, pleural effusion × 2, biliary stricture × 1
O9021Wound complication × 5, ventral hernia × 1, pleural effusion × 4, bile leak × 8, bleeding × 1, portal versus thrombosis × 2
Marubashi et al. [11] LA3133.206.50
O79178.91.311.30
Makki et al. [12] LA26411.503.80
O2453.87.77.70
Soyama et al. [13] LA677Biliary leakage × 2, postoperative bleeding × 2, bleeding of duodenal ulcer × 1, PV thrombus × 1, ileus × 16.004.50
O13725Biliary leakage × 10, pleural effusion × 2, infectious complication × 3, nerve paralysis × 2, postoperative bleeding × 1, acute pancreatitis × 1, skin necrosis × 1, gastric stasis × 4, PV thrombus × 19.51.56.60.7
Suh et al. [14] LA14000000
O26822Hyperbilirubinemia × 1, pleural effusion × 6, ileus × 5, wound seroma × 2, bleeding × 3, wound infection × 3, biliary stricture × 25.22.20.70
Shen et al. [15] LA285Pleural effusion × 2, pulmonary infection × 1, ileus × 1, intra-abdominal hemorrhage × 17.17.100
O201Pulmonary infection × 10500
Kitajima et al. [5] LA7617Wound dehiscence × 2, intra-abdominal fluid collection × 4; hyperbilirubinemia × 1, fever × 2, renal failure × 1, small bowel obstruction × 1, atelectasis × 1, pleural effusion × 2, bile leakage × 310.57.93.90
O7723Wound dehiscence × 5, pleural effusion × 2, ascites, × 1, portal venous thrombosis × 3, bile leakage × 5, drug-induced hepatotoxicity × 5, intraabdominal fluid collection × 119.53.96.50

LA: laparoscopy-assisted living donor hepatectomy; open: open living donor hepatectomy.