Table 2.

Published series of laparoscopic ultrasound (LUS) staging of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

References	No. of patients	HCC (% of total patients)	Further information
John et al. [16]	43	15	Better staging in 42%
Tandan et al. [15]	31	10	Avoidance of useless LPT in 10%
Ido et al. [17]	186	100	Better staging in 12%
Lo et al. [18]	198	100	Avoidance of useless LPT in 16%
D'Angelica et al. [19]	401	8	Avoidance of useless LPT in 20%
De Castro et al. [20]	76	43	Avoidance of useless LPT in 24%
Montorsi et al. [21]	132	100	Avoidance of useless LPT in 14%

LPT = laparotomy.