Table 2.
Prognostic factors for overall survival after repeat hepatectomy according to univariate analysis
| Variables | No. of patients |
Median survival (months) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | NS | ||
| >60 | 7 | 38 | |
| ≤60 | 30 | 63 | |
| Gender | NS | ||
| Male | 32 | 50 | |
| Female | 5 | 65 | |
| Serum AFP (ng/mL) | NS | ||
| >100 | 13 | 50 | |
| ≤100 | 24 | 59 | |
| Serum total bilirubin (umol/L) | NS | ||
| >20 | 8 | 35 | |
| ≤20 | 29 | 63 | |
| Serum ALT (IU/L) | NS | ||
| >40 | 12 | 37 | |
| ≤40 | 25 | 59 | |
| Serum AST (IU/L) | NS | ||
| >40 | 7 | 48 | |
| ≤40 | 30 | 59 | |
| Background liver tissue | NS | ||
| Non-cirrhotic | 17 | 64 | |
| Cirrhotic | 20 | 44 | |
| Tumors capsule formation | NS | ||
| Absent | 11 | 48 | |
| Present | 26 | 64 | |
| Tumors size (cm) | NS | ||
| >3 | 15 | 50 | |
| ≤3 | 22 | 59 | |
| Number of tumors | 0.040 | ||
| Solitary | 28 | 64 | |
| Multiple | 9 | 37 | |
| Vascular invasion | 0.004 | ||
| Absent | 18 | 68 | |
| Present | 19 | 38 | |
| Edmonson-Steiner grade | NS | ||
| G1-G2 | 4 | 50 | |
| G3-G4 | 33 | 59 | |
| Recurrence-free interval (year) | <0.001 | ||
| >1 | 29 | 64 | |
| ≤1 | 8 | 29 |
AFP: alpha-fetoprotein. ALT: alanine aminotransferase. AST: aspartate aminotransferase.