Sealing of the hepatic resection area using fibrin glue reduces significant amount of postoperative drain fluid

Table 1 Comparison of patient groups with hepatic resection, (A) Patient characteristics.

		Fibrin glue
		Without	With
Sex ratio
Patients (n)	Male	8	7
	Female	4	6
Mean age (range) (yr)
	Male	65 (3777)	68 (4175)
	Female	55 (4470)	62 (4675)

^aP<0.05 vs no sealing, ^bP<0.01 vs no sealing, ^cP<0.005 vs no sealing, ^dP<0.001 vs no sealing.

Table 2 Comparison of patient groups with hepatic resection, (B) Diagnosis.

Diagnosis	Number of patients(sealing with fibrin glue)
	Without	With
Hepatocellular carcinoma	5	2
Cholangiocellular carcinoma
Liver metastases	5	9
Adenoma/FNH	2	2

^aP<0.05 vs no sealing, ^bP<0.01 vs no sealing, ^cP<0.005 vs no sealing, ^dP<0.001 vs no sealing.

Table 3 Comparison of patient groups with hepatic resection, (C) Types of resections.

Type of resections	No. of patients(sealing with fibrin glue)
	Without	With
Hemihepatectomy	4	1
Segmental resection	4	10
(more than one segment)	(3 bisegmental resections)	(2 trisegmental and 5 bisegmental resections)
Atypical resection	4	2

^aP<0.05 vs no sealing, ^bP<0.01 vs no sealing, ^cP<0.005 vs no sealing, ^dP<0.001 vs no sealing.

Table 4 Comparison of patient groups with hepatic resection, (D) Values of significance.

Postoperative time interval (h)	Value of significance (one side)
4	0.0094
8	0.0129
12	0.0059
16	0.0054
20	0.0026
24	0.0028

^aP<0.05 vs no sealing, ^bP<0.01 vs no sealing, ^cP<0.005 vs no sealing, ^dP<0.001 vs no sealing.