Prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism after resection of hepatocellular carcinoma on cirrhosis: Is it necessary?

Table 2 Details of surgery performed in the two groups

Variables	All patients (n = 229)	Group A (n = 157)	Group B (n = 72)	P value
Type of resection n (%)				0.610
Minor	219 (95.0)	150 (95.5)	69 (95.8)
Major	10 (5.0)	7 (4.5)	3 (4.2)
Duration of surgery (mean ± SD)	266 ± 99	261 ± 106	275 ± 83	0.320
i.o. blood transfusion [mL, median (range)]	128.2 (0-1500)	124.7 (0-1500)	154.1 (0-1200)	0.346
i.o. FFP transfusion [mL, median (range)]	175.7 (0-1200)	139.5 (0-1200)	266.6 (0-1200)	0.003

i.o.: Intraoperative; FFP: Fresh frozen plasma.