Choice of approach for hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma located in the caudate lobe: Isolated or combined lobectomy?

Table 3 Surgical outcomes

	Isolated caudate lobectomy group (n = 16)	Combined caudate lobectomy group (n = 20)	P value
Time of vascular control, median (range), min	52 (32-68)	33 (25-39)	0.04
Blood loss, median (range), mL	780 (250-1470)	460 (150-980)	0.03
No. of patients with blood transfusion	14	11	0.02
Operative time, median (range), min	240 (170-310)	170 (150-225)	0.04
Hospital stay, median (range), d	18 (11-22)	13 (9-17)	0.04
Mortality	0	0	-
Complications			0.03
Liver failure	0	0
Post-operative hemorrhage	2	0
Bile leak	2	0
Intra-abdominal collection	2	1
Pleural effusion	1	1