Liver abscess caused by Clostridium perfringens after left hepatic trisectionectomy for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma: a case report

Surgical Case Reports

Table 3 Reported cases of sepsis caused by C. perfringens after hepatobiliary-pancreatic surgery

Case	Year	Author	Age/sex	Comorbidities	Primary disease	Operative procedure	Onset	Hemolysis	Abscess	Drainage	Outcome	Time to death^*
1	2006	Leeda [15]	59/M	–	PC	Hepaticojejunostomy and duodenojejunostomy	–	No	Unknown	No	Death	40 h
2	2007	Lochman [16]	–	–	Cholecystolithiasis	Cholecystectomy	48 h	No	Abdominal wall	–	–
3	2009	Tabarelli [17]	65/F	–	PC	PD	A few days	No	Liver	No	Death	27 days
4	2009	Jandík [18]	–	–	NA	Cholecystectomy	48 h	No	Abdominal wall	Yes	Alive
5	2009	Daiz [19]	52/M	Hepatitis C	HCC	LT	4 mo	No	None	No	Alive
6	2011	Juntermanns [20]	55/M	DM	LC	LT	8 YR	No	Skin and soft tissue	Yes	Death	6 h
7	2012	Watt [21]	52/M	–	NA	LT	–	Yes	Unknown	-	Alive
8	2012	Qandeel [22]	59/M	DM	Gallstone	Cholecystectomy	7 days	No	Liver	Yes	Alive
9	2014	Kitterer [23]	71/M	–	LC	LT	20 YR	No	Liver	Yes	Death	13 h
10	2018	Martí [24]	66/M	–	Uncinate process adenocarcinoma	PD	2 mo	Yes	Liver	No	Death	3 h
11	2018	Martí [24]	63/M	–	BDC	PD	9 YR	Yes	Liver	No	Death	6 h
12	2018	Ono [25]	82/M	DM, HT, AF, angina pectoris	HCCA	Hepatectomy and bile duct resection	3 mo	No	Liver	Yes	Alive
13	2020	Hamura [26]	69/M	Hepatitis B	HCC, cholecystitis	Hepatectomy	15 days	No	Subphrenic space	Yes	Alive
14	2020	Dahl [27]	68/M	HT	PC	TP	1 mo	No	Liver	Yes	Alive
15	2022	Takahashi [28]	70/M	DM	Ampulla of Vater carcinoma	PD	16 days	Yes	Liver	Yes	Alive
16	2022	Itoh [29]	77/M	HT	HCCA	Hepatectomy and bile duct resection	1 YR	No	Recurrent tumor at the liver	No	Alive
Our case			72/F	HT	HCCA	Hepatectomy and bile duct reconstruction	54 days	Yes	Liver	Yes	Death	6 h

PC pancreatic cancer, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, LC liver cirrhosis, BDC distal bile duct carcinoma, HCCA hilar cholangiocarcinoma, PD pancreaticoduodenectomy, LT liver transplantation, TP total pancreatectomy, DM diabetes mellitus, HT hypertension, AF atrial fibrillation
^*The duration from arrival to death