Table 4.

Published series of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCS) treated with laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation

Authors	No. of patients	Child–Pugh classes	Ablative device	Total necrosis, n (%)	Morbidity, n (%)	HCC recurrence, n (%)	Mean follow-up (months)
Ido et al. [29]	15	8A; 4B; 3C	Microwave	15 (100)	0	2 (13)	16.8
Goletti et al. [7]	7	–	Cooled	6 (86)	0	1 (14)	17
Seki et al. [30]	24	21A; 3B	Microwave	22 (92)	3 (12)a	13 (54)	18
Podnos et al. [31]	12	12B	Multi-array	12 (100)	1 (8)a	1 (8)	7
Cuschieri et al. [6]	2	–	Multi-array	2 (100%)	0	0	11.1
Chung et al. [5]	4	–	Multi-array	–	0	2 (50)	8.2
Siperstein et al. [32]	4	–	Multi-array	–	–	0	13.9
Machi et al. [33]	3	–	Multi-array	3 (100)	1 (33)b	–	6.8
Okano et al. [34]	6	3A; 3C	Microwave	6 (100)	0	3 (50)	20.2
Topal et al. [35]	8	3A; 4B; 1C	Cooled	–	1 (12)e	3 (37)	–
Santambrogio et al. [36,37]	104	61A; 43B	Cooled	88 (87)	9 (9)b,c,d	55 (54)	24.2

^aPneumothorax.

^bAscites.

^cIntraperitoneal bleeding.

^dJaundice.

^eLocal abscess.