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Table 1 Demographics, hernia, and underlying liver disease characteristics and post-operative course in the entire cohort and in the two subgroups of patients underwent elective or emergency operations

From: Abdominal wall hernia in cirrhotic patients: emergency surgery results in higher morbidity and mortality

Variables

Entire cohort (n = 61)

Elective cases(n = 27)

Emergency cases(n = 34)

Age (range in years)

52 (44–62)

51 (45–60)

53 (43–65)

Male gender (%)

46 (82.1)

20 (87.0)

26 (78.8)

Mean BMIa (range)

25 (16–36)

28 (19–34)

24 (16–36)

Poorly controlled ascites (%)

25 (41)

2 (7.4)

23 (67.6)

CTPb (%):A

19 (31.1)

16 (59.2)

3 (8.8)

B

29 (47.5)

9 (33.3)

20 (58.8)

C

13 (21.4)

2 (7.5)

11 (32.4)

Mean Pre-operative MELDc (range)

14 (8–22, 24, 25)

12 (8–21, 24, 25)

16 (8–22, 24, 25)

Hernia surgery (%):umbilical

39 (54.9)

9 (25.7)

30 (83.3)

inguinal

23 (32.4)

19 (54.3)7

4 (11.1)

other

9 (12.7)

(20)

2 (5.6)

Combined surgery (%)

10 (17.9)

8 (34.8)

2 (6.0)

Ascites leak (%)

13 (23.2)

0 (−)

13 (39.4)

Incarceration (%)

10 (16.4)

0 (−)

10 (29.4)

Use of prosthesis (%)

24 (39.4)

16 (59.3)

8 (23.5)

Mean Hospital stay (range in days)

11 (3–33)

5 (3–14)

13 (6–33)

ICUd stay (%)

22 (36)

4 (14.8)

18 (53)

Mean ICUd stay (range in days)

7 (0–33)

2.5 (0–4)

9 (0–33)

Morbid Event (post-operative complication) (%)

26 (42.6)

4 (14.8)

22 (64.7)

Death (%)

11 (18)

1 (3.7)

10 (29.4)

Clavien-Dindo classification (%):

3 (4.9)x

1 (3.7)

2 (5.8)

I

6 (9.8)

1 (3.7)

5 (14.6)

II

2 (3.3)

0 (−)

2 (5.8)

III

4 (6.5)

1 (3.7)

3 (8.9)

IV

11

1 (3.7)

10 (29.4)

V

(18)

  

Mean Post-operative MELD (range)

16 (13–21, 24, 25)

14 (11–15)

21 (15–30)

  1. Abbreviations: aBMI, body mass index; bCTP, Child Turcotte Pugh; cMELD, model for end-stage liver disease; dICU, intensive care unit
  2. Combined surgery: two different sites of hernia repair in the same surgical procedure