Total vascular exclusion technique for resection of hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 4 Outcome after hepatic resection

Clinical parameters	Group A	Group B	Group C
Median disease-free	14.6 (8-25)	16.3 (9-37)	-
survival (m)
Median survival (m)	40.5 (28-52)	57.6 (33-84)	8.8 (5-31)
Cumulative survival rate
1 year survival	92.3%b	95.5%b	29.9%
3 year survival	51.3%ab	69.6%b	2.9%
5 year survival	34.6%ab	48.0%b	0
Remote metastasis rate	16.27%a	23.9%b	14.8%

^aP < 0.05 vs statistically significant when compared with group B;

^bP < 0.05 vs statistically significant when compared with group C.