Efficacy of salvage surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma following conversion therapy

Table 3 Perioperative clinical data, n (%)

Salvage operation	Patients (n = 28)
Type of surgery
Laparoscopy	7 (25.0)
Open	21 (75.0)
Operative time, median (IQR), minutes	245 (182.5-370.0)
Intraoperative blood loss, median (IQR), mL	200 (100.0-475.0)
Intraoperative blood transfusion
Yes	13 (46.4)
No	15 (53.6)
Pathological reaction
PCR	14 (50.0)
Non-PCR	14 (50.0)
Post-operative hospitalization days, median (IQR), days	16 (7.5-23.8)
Post-operative complication
Present	20 (71.4)
Absent	8 (28.6)
Clavien-Dindo class
I-II	16 (57.1)
III-V	4 (14.3)
Post-operative complication
Liver failure	6 (21.4)
Abdominal fluid	13 (46.4)
Bile leakage	4 (14.3)
Abdominal infection	7 (25.0)
Abdominal hemorrhage	1 (3.6)
Pleural effusion	15 (53.6)

IQR: Interquartile range; PCR: Pathological complete response.