Table I. Clinical details of RFA-assisted liver resection.

First author	Medical center, city, country	Year	No.	Age (years)	Types of resection	Operation time (min)	Blood loss	Transfusion	Complication	Hospital stay (days)
Navarra 34	Department of Human Pathology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy	01/2001–01/2002	27		Open hepatectomy	47.5 (30–110)	30 ml (15–992)	Nil	Nil	8 (5–86)
Tepel 36	Klinik fur Allgemeine Chirurgie und Thoraxchirurgie, Universitatsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany		7	74 (41–78)	1 segment (2); 2 segments (3); > 2 segment (2)			1 case	Second degree burn to the thigh (1); bile leak (1)
Navarra 37	Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, UK	01/2001–07/2002	42	57.5 (25–79)	1 segment (13); 2 segments (16); > 2 segment (13)	50 (30–110)	30 ml (15–992)	Nil	Subphrenic abscess (1); chest infection (1); biliary leak (1)
Weber 38	Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, UK	01/2000–06/2001	15	59 (36–75)	1 segment (8); 2 segments (6); > 2 segments (1)	205 (95–300)	30±10 ml	Nil	Nil	8 (5–9)
Beppu 39	Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan	2004	7	64	Laparoscopic hepatectomy	256	96 g	Nil	Nil	11
Weber 40	Centre de Chirurgie Viscerale et Transplantation, Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Avenue Moliere, Strasbourg, France	2002	1	43	Laparoscopic hepatectomy	300	75 ml	Nil	Nil	6
Stella 42	Department of Surgery, Santa Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure, Savona, Italy	06/2002–11/2002	8	64.8 (55–72)	1 segment (3); 2 segments (3); > 2 segments (2)	220 (170–420)	46 ml (5–150)	Nil	Abscess (1)	9.4 (5–20)
Navarra 43	Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, UK	2002	1		Right hepatectomy	80	30 ml	Nil	Nil	9