Table 2.

Surgical procedures and postoperative complications of group 1

Treatment of parietal localization of hepatocellular carcinoma	Number of patients	Postoperative complications
Simple excision of the nodule	2	–
En bloc resection	11	2 pleural effusion, 1 ascites
Resection limited to the peritoneal nodules	7	1 ascites
Resection extended to bowel, stomach and liver	6	1 pleural effusion, 1 ascites
Resection of kidney, transverse colon and small bowel	1	1 anemia