Hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension: Is liver resection always contraindicated?

Table 3 Survival analysis according to different groups of patient and presence/absence of portal hypertension

Variable	n	Median survival (mo, 95% CI)	Survival		P value
			3-yr	5-yr
Overall					0.047
Without PH	91	65.1 (49.7-80.4)	68.4	61.2
With PH	44	31.6 (3.4-59.9)	48.7	44.9
Child-Pugh B					0.465
Without PH	10	27.7 (1.3-65.5)	31.3	31.3
With PH	15	15.1 (11.7-18.5)	11.9	-
Child-Pugh A					0.257
Without PH	81	65.1 (47.7-82.4)	72.0	63.2
With PH	29	60.5 (6.4-114.6)	63.0	57.3
CP A-limited Hx					0.458
Without PH	58	64.9 (62.9-67.0)	72.4	61.4
With PH	21	94.0 (54.0-134.0)	72.7	72.7
CP A-Hx ≥ 2 segments					0.035
Without PH	23	163.9 (-)	64.5	64.5
With PH	8	64.4 (54.0-134.0)	50.0	25.0

CI: Confidence interval; PH: Portal hypertension; CP: Child-Pugh score; Hx: Hepatic resection.