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Figure legends
Figure 1: Patterns of changes in physical activity levels from postoperative day
(POD) 1 to POD 7: (a.) upward slope type, (b.) bell curve type, (c.) flat type
Figure 2: Changes in physical activity and timings of complication detection in
10 patients with bell curve patterns of physical activity who developed
postoperative complications
A decrease in activity level is evident in all cases prior to the detection of
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Table 1: Comparison of background factors, laboratory findings, and surgical factors between patients
displaying different patterns of changes in postoperative physical activity levels
Age (years)
Gender (n, %)
Body mass index (kg/m2)
Diabetes mellitus (n, %)
Alcohol abuse (n, %)
Etiology (n, %)
Cardiovascular disease (n, %)
Primary disease (n, %)
Albumin (g/dL)
ALT (IU/L)
AST (IU/L)
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)
Prothrombin activity (%)
Platelet count (x104/μL)
ICGR15 (%)
White blood count (x104/μL)
C-reactive protein (mg/dL)
Laparoscopic hepatectomy (n, %)
Operative methods (n, %)
Repeat hepatectomy (n, %)
Blood loss (mL)
Operative time (min)
Female
Male
HBV
HCV
NBNC
HCC
Meta
Other
Partial
Anatomical
Upward slope
(n = 88)
68.0 ± 11.5
31 (35.2)
57 (64.8)
23.3 ± 3.5
26 (29.5)
27 (30.7)
5 (5.7)
11 (12.5)
72 (81.8)
5 (5.7)
46 (52.3)
28 (31.8)
14 (15.9)
4.0 [3.6, 4.2]
23 [15, 31]
26 [20, 42]
0.68 [0.51, 0.89]
101 [91, 111]
161 [118, 214]
9.9 [5.2, 17.5]
4.7 [3.8, 5.5]
0.12 [0.06, 0.21]
59 (67.0)
63 (71.6)
25 (28.4)
26 (29.5)
99 [0, 300]
210 [159, 271]
Bell curve
(n = 13)
71.9 ± 9.1
2 (15.4)
11 (84.6)
20.8 ± 3.0
5 (38.5)
7 (53.8)
0 (0.0)
6 (46.2)
7 (53.8)
1 (7.7)
8 (61.5)
2 (15.4)
3 (23.1)
3.9 [3.8, 4.2]
21 [16, 26]
36 [23, 54]
0.69 [0.58, 0.84]
93 [86, 109]
156 [127, 180]
12.8 [7.1, 15.3]
4.2 [4.2, 4.7]
0.10 [0.04, 0.28]
4 (30.8)
4 (30.8)
9 (69.2)
4 (30.8)
602 [322, 1022]
290 [259, 328]
Flat
(n = 46)
70.2 ± 10.4
12 (26.1)
34 (73.9)
23.8 ± 3.9
15 (32.6)
18 (39.1)
1 (2.2)
12 (26.1)
33 (71.7)
8 (17.4)
30 (65.2)
13 (28.3)
3 (6.5)
3.9 [3.5, 4.1]
31 [16, 47]
32 [21, 50]
0.57 [0.47, 0.83]
94 [86, 106]
155 [121, 222]
12.1 [8.4, 20.0]
4.8 [4.2, 6.6]
0.12 [0.06, 0.41]
23 (50.0)
21 (45.7)
25 (54.3)
13 (28.3)
457 [121, 790]
279 [212, 347]
Abbreviations: HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; NBNC, negative for hepatitis B and hepatitis
C virus; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; Meta, metastasis; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate
aminotransferase; ICGR15, indocyanine green retention rate at 15 minutes.
Age and body mass index are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Other data are expressed as median
with 25th and 75th percentiles.
p-value
0.345
0.253
0.034
0.789
0.215
0.03
0.088
0.298
0.395
0.299
0.182
0.438
0.193
0.833
0.292
0.207
0.609
0.017
0.001
0.98
< 0.001
< 0.001
Table 2: Comparison of postoperative complications between patients displaying different patterns of
changes in postoperative physical activity levels
All complications (n, %)
Surgical site infection (n, %)
PHLF (n, %)
Bile leakage (n, %)
Infectious complications (n, %)
Duration of hospitalization (days)
Grade B
Grade C
Upward slope
(n = 88)
4 (4.5)
0 (0.0)
1 (1.1)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
9 [8, 12]
Bell curve
(n = 13)
10 (76.9)
4 (30.8)
1 (7.7)
1 (7.7)
1 (7.7)
4 (30.8)
14 [11, 33]
Flat
(n = 46)
30 (65.2)
11 (23.9)
5 (10.9)
4 (8.7)
6 (13.0)
16 (34.8)
12 [10, 22]
Abbreviations: PHLF, post-hepatectomy liver failure.
Duration of hospitalization (days) is expressed as median with 25th and 75th percentiles.
p-value
< 0.001
< 0.001
0.005
0.003
< 0.001
< 0.001
Table 3: Details of postoperative complication frequencies in groups of patients displaying different patterns
of changes in postoperative physical activity levels
Upward slope
(n = 4/88, 4.5%)
Thrombosis
(portal)
(n = 2)
Ileus
(n = 1)
Grade B PHLF (n = 1)
Bell curve
(n = 10/13, 76.9%)
Refractory pleural effusion or ascites
(n = 5)
(including 1 case of Grade B PHLF)
Flat
(n = 30/46, 65.2%)
Organ or space SSI
(including 6 cases of bile leakage,
3 cases of Grade B PHLF,
and 2 cases of Grade C PHLF)
(n = 10)
Organ or space SSI
(including 1 case of bile leakage)
(n = 3)
Pneumonia
(n = 4)
Superficial incisional SSI
(n = 1)
Thrombosis
(3 cases of portal thrombosis
and 1 case of pulmonary thrombosis)
(n = 4)
Biliary stricture with Grade C PHLF (n = 1)
Postoperative bleeding
(including 2 cases of Grade B PHLF)
(n = 3)
Ileus
(n = 2)
Refractory pleural effusion or ascites
(n = 2)
Delirium
(n = 2)
Superficial incisional SSI
(n = 1)
Infection of implant with Grade C PHLF (n = 1)
Grade C PHLF
Abbreviations: PHLF, post-hepatectomy liver failure; SSI, surgical site infection
(n = 1)
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