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. 2014 Nov 21;12:351. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-12-351

Table 2.

Characteristics of patients undergoing laparoscopic liver resection

History of laparotomy by midline incision 32/43 (76.1%)
 Colostomy 4/32 (12.5%)
 More than two laparotomies 3/32 (9.4%)
Preoperative chemotherapy (n = 14)
 mFOLFOX6 + bevacizumab 8
 mFOLFOX6 4
 FOLFOX4 + bevacizumab 1
 FOLFIRI + bevacizumab 1
 Median cycle number (course) 7.2 ± 2.4
Indications for preoperative chemotherapy
 Received chemotherapy in other institution 7
 Presence of extrahepatic metastasis 3
 Large and multiple tumors 2
 Emergency surgery for primary tumor 2
Surgical procedures
 Pure laparoscopic liver resection 26 (60.5%)
 HALS 9 (20.9%)
 Laparoscopy-assisted liver resection 8 (18.6%)
Recurrence in the remnant liver 16/43 (37.2%)
Repeat hepatectomy 6/16 (37.5%)
Repeat hepatectomy underwent LLH 3/6 (50.0%)

HALS, hand assist laparoscopic surgery;

LLH, laparoscopic liver resection; mFOLFOX6, modified FOLFOX6.