Minimally invasive donor hepatectomy, are we ready for prime time?

Table 4 Outcomes of pure laparoscopic donor right hepatectomy

	No.	OT (min)	Blood loss (mL)	WIT (min)	Conversion	HS (d)	Donor Cx	Recipient Cx
Comparative study
Takahara et al[67], 2015	5/25	480 ± 541/380 ± 45	91 ± 691/268 ± 194	9	0	9.4 ± 1.8/9.0 ± 2.2	1 (20%)a	-
Suh et al[37], 2018	45/42	331 ± 501/280 ± 40	436 ± 1701/338 ± 188	12.6 ± 4.41/5.4 ± 3.6	0	8.2 ± 1.3/8.4 ± 1.0	5 (11.9%)b	11 (26.2%)c
Case series
Soubrane et al[13], 2013	1	480	100	12	0	7	0	0
Rotellar et al[32], 2013	1	480	100	3	0	4	0	1 (100%)d
Han et al[33], 2015e	2	-	-	-	9	9 (8-10)	-	-
Chen et al[39], 2015	1	415	150	6	0	6	1 (100%)f	1 (100%)g
Kim et al[36], 2017	3	427-502	200-270	4.5-5.0	0	7-8	0	0

¹Statistically significant;

^aBiliary complication;

^bLiver abscess (n = 1), Pneumonia (n = 1), upper respiratory tract infection (n = 1) and grade I complications (n = 2);

^cIntra-abdominal bleeding (n = 4), vascular complication (n = 4), biliary complication (n = 2) and others;

^dPneumonia;

^eVideo presentation;

^fWound haematoma;

^gPneumonia. Cx: Complications; HS: Hospital stay; OT: Operating time; WIT: Warm ischaemic time.