Liver Resections Combined with Closure of Loop Ileostomies: A Retrospective Analysis

Table 1

Patients’ demographics and operative outcomes.

	Hepatic resection alone (𝑛=269)	Hepatic resection + loop stoma closure (𝑛=14)	𝑃-value
Male:female	2.2:1	1.8:1	N/A
Mean age/years (range)	66.5 (33 to 85.4)	62 (42 to 73)	.13
ASA			N/A
(i) 1	51 (19%)	5 (36%)
(ii) 2	148 (55%)	6 (43%)
(iii) 3/4	36 (13%)	0
(iv) Not recorded	34 (13%)	3 (21%)
Type of liver resection			N/A
(i) Hemihepatectomy	95 (35%)	6 (43%)
(ii) Extended hemihepatectomy	67 (25%)	4 (29%)
(iii) Parenchymal sparing resection	107 (40%)	4 (29%)
Number and distribution of liver metastases			N/A
(i) 1	125	8
(ii) 2	61	2
(iii) 3	33	3
(iv) 4	16	1
(v) >4	22	0
(vi) Bilateral liver mets	54	0
(vii) Complete response to chemotherapy	12	0
Repeat resections	12	0	<.0001
Maximum tumours size/mm	31.5 (3 to 165)	28.5 (5 to 85)	.16
Mean blood loss/mL (range)	262 (0 to 2500)	219.2 (0 to 2100)	.09
Mean hospital stay/days (range)	11 (3 to 53)	14 (8 to 23)	.046

ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists.