Table 4.

Pathological features in 351 patients submitted to laparoscopic liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

Postoperative data	Value
Histological cirrhosis, n (%)	247 (70%)
Histological fibrosis F2, F3, n (%)	55 (16%)
Maximum tumour size, mm, median (range)	35 (5–170)
Single HCC, n (%)	302 (86%)
Multiple HCC, n (%)	49 (14%)
Bilobar HCC, n (%)	24 (7%)
Encapsulated HCC, n (%)	162 (46%)
Satellite nodules, n (%)	81 (23%)
Well or moderately differentiated HCC, n (%)	319 (91%)
Poorly differentiated HCC, n (%)	32 (9%)
Vascular invasion, n (%)	119 (34%)
Tumour-free margin, n (%)	323 (92%)
Margin, mm, median (range)	10 (0–78)