Table 2.

Operative data for patients with giant hepatic haemangioma undergoing hepatic enucleation (HE) or hepatic resection (HR)

Parameters	HE group (n = 386)	HR group (n = 344)	P-value
Operative time, min, median (range)	150 (30–275)	240 (50–400)	<0.001
Blood loss, ml, median (range)	400 (150–600)	860 (300–1250)	<0.001
Units of auto-transfusion, units, median (range)	1.5 (0.5–2.0)	3.5 (1.5–6.0)	<0.001
Specimen weight, g, median (range)	385.5 (45–125)	355.7 (40–130)	0.037
Hospital stay, days, median (range)	5.7 (6–11)	8.6 (7–20)	<0.001