Postoperative complications related to the use of a microwave tissue coagulator in hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma

Abstract

The incidence and modality of postoperative complications related to the use of microwave tissue coagulator (MTC) or other methods in hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma were retrospectively analyzed in 109 patients. The incidence of surgical manipulation-related complications was 6/92 (9.7%) for MTC employing hepatectomy and 9/47 (19.1%) for hepatectomy with other methods. The complications in MTC employing hepatectomy included 1 stump abscess, 2 subphrenic abscess, 2 bile leakage from the resection stump, 1 stump hemorrhage, while those in hepatectomy utilizing other methods were 2 stump abscess, 2 subphrenic abscess, 3 stump bile leakage, 2 immediate postoperative stump hemorrhage.
There was no increased tendency nor specific modality of postoperative complication occurring in MTC employing hepatectomy.