Poor Prognoses of Young Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients with Microvascular Invasion: A Propensity Score Matching Cohort Study
Table 3
Intraoperative and postoperative characteristics of the study participants after PSM.
Variable
Young group
Old group
value
Intraoperative blood loss (mL) (IQR)
300 (200-437.5)
300 (200-575.5)
0.398
Intraoperative RBC transfusion (U) (EVR)
0 (0-17.5)
0 (0-7)
0.779
Intraoperative plasma transfusion (mL) (EVR)
0 (0-1800)
0 (0-400)
0.680
Postoperative RBC transfusion (U) (EVR)
0 (0-3)
0 (0-2)
0.690
Postoperative plasma transfusion (mL) (EVR)
0 (0-2100)
0 (0-400)
0.972
Postoperative hospital stays (day) (IQR)
7 (6-9.75)
8 (7-10)
0.175
Postoperative complications1
0.801
Grade I
5 (6.0%)
3 (3.6%)
Grade II
8 (9.5%)
12 (14.3%)
Grade IIIa
2 (2.4%)
1 (1.2%)
Grade IIIb
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
Grade IVa
2 (2.4%)
2 (2.4%)
Grade IVb
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
Grade V
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
Liver failure2
1.000
Grade A
1 (1.2%)
1 (1.2%)
Grade B
1 (1.2%)
1 (1.2%)
Grade C
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
1Postoperative complication is graded according to the Clavien-Dindo classification of surgical complications. 2Liver failure is graded according to the International Study Group of Liver Surgery (ISGLS) classification. Abbreviations: IQR: interquartile range; EVR: extreme value range; RBC: red blood cell.
