Hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in end-stage renal disease patients: Two decades of experience at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Table 1 Demographic data of 1224 HCC patients undergoing hepatectomy with and without ESRD.

	ESRD–HCC (%) (n = 26)	HCC (%) (n = 1198)	P
Age (yr)	53.4±13.2	54.3±13.7	0.748
Gender (M:F)	22:4	937:261	0.433
Associated disease	19 (73.1)	406 (33.9)	0.0001
Symptoms (+)	17 (65.4)	799 (66.7)	0.889
Physical findings (+)	13 (50.0)	289 (24.1)	0.002
HBsAg (+)	11 (42.3)	782/1101 (71.0)	0.002
Anti-HCV Ab (+)	15 (62.5)	314/854 (36.8)	0.01
Dual infection (+)	2/23 (8.7)	99/816 (36.8)	1
Associated cirrhosis (+) child-pugh grade	14 (53.8)	647/1187 (54.5)	0.947
A	19 (76.0)	1014 (89.5)
B+C	6 (24)	119 (10.5)	0.055

M: male; F: female; HBsAg: hepatitis B surface antigen; HCV: hepatitis C virus; Ab: antibody.