Laparoscopic liver resection for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 1 Recent reports of laparoscopic and open liver resction comparative studies for hepatocellular carcinoma

Ref.	% of LC patients		Ascites		Liver failure		Hospital stay (d, mean ± SD)		Mortality		Overall survival (5-yr, %)
	LLR	OLR	LLR	OLR	LLR	OLR	LLR	OLR	LLR	OLR	LLR	OLR
Lai et al[34]	92	93.94	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0/25	1/33	60 (3-yr)	NA
Aldrighetti et al[35]	56.25	56.25	0/16	1/6	NA	NA	6.3 ± 1.7	9 ± 3.8	0/16	0/16	(No significant difference )
Tranchart et al[36]	73.81	80.95	3/42	11/42	0/36	4/53	6.7 ± 5.9	9.6 ± 3.4	1/42	1/42	59.5	47.4
Kim et al[37]	92.31	86.21	0/26	1/29	NA	NA	11.08 ± 4.96	16.1 ± 10.7	0/26	0/29	84.6 (2-yr RFS)	82.8 (2-yr RFS)
Lee et al[38]	84.85	64	0/33	2/50	NA	NA	NA	NA	0/33	0/50	76	76.1
Truant et al[39]	100	100	5/36	12/53	NA	NA	6.5 ± 2.7	9.5 ± 4.8	0/36	4/53	70	46
Ker et al[29]	NA	NA	2/116	26/208	NA	NA	6.2 ± 3	12.4 ± 6.8	0/116	6/208	62.2	71.8
Kanazawa et al[40]	100	100	3/28	18/28	0/28	0/28	10 (6-25)1	19 (8-49)1	0/28	0/28	NA	NA
Cheung et al[41]	87.5	71.9	0/32	1/64	NA	NA	4 (2-16)1	7 (4-42)1	2/32	12/64	76.6	57

¹Median (range). LC: Liver cirrhosis; NA: Not available; RFS: Recurrence free survival; LLR: Laparoscopic liver resection; OLR: Open liver resection.