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. 2012 Dec 27;15(9):687–694. doi: 10.1111/hpb.12028

Table 5.

Relationship between pseudocapsule and 1-year recurrence in synchronous and metachronous lesions in patients undergoing resection of hepatic colorectal metastases

n = 65 1-year recurrence
No Yes P-value
Timing Synchronous (37) Pseudocapsule Absent (23) 10 13 0.026a
Present (12) 10 2
N/A (2) 1 1
Metachronous (28) Pseudocapsule Absent (13) 7 6 0.521
Present (15) 9 6
a

Significant at the level of 0.05 on Fisher's exact test.