Benefit of laparoscopic liver resection in high body mass index patients

Table 2 Comparison of patients’ characteristics and surgical outcomes in patients with obesity

	LLR (n = 12)	OLR (n = 10)	P value
Patients’ characteristics
Age	70.5 ± 9.4	67.1 ± 6.2	NS
Sex (Male/Female)	7/5	10/0	0.020
HBV	1	2	NS
HCV	7	2	NS
Body mass index (kg/m2)	29.0 ± 3.7	28.2 ± 2.3	NS
Tumor size (mm)	23.8 ± 8.7	26.0 ± 11.6	NS
Liver weight (g)	47.1 ± 35.5	60.8 ± 61.2	NS
Surgical outcome
Operation time (min)	241.3 ± 97.6	346.7 ± 83.8	0.014
Blood loss (mL)	128.3 ± 193.1	635.5 ± 655.1	0.039
Postoperative hospital stay (d)	11.6 ± 3.3	20.8 ± 15.4	0.094
Complication, n (%)	1 (8.3)	1 (10)	NS
Biloma	0	0	NS

LLR: Laparoscopic liver resection; OLR: Open liver resection.