Table 1.
Clinical data of patients included in this study
| Main parameter | Common hepatectomy (n = 179) | Ultrasonic aspiration hepatectomy (n = 136) |
| Mean age (yrs) | 55 ± 16 | 57 ± 15 |
| M/F | 166/13 | 128/8 |
| T B/(μmol•L-1) | 17.4 ± 1.4 | 16.4 ± 1.5 |
| D B/(μmol•L-1) | 3.1 ± 0.3 | 3.0 ± 0.3 |
| ALB/(g•L-1) | 40.0 ± 7.0 | 42.4 ± 7.4 |
| ALT/(nkat•L⁻¹-1) | 667.0 ± 49.8 | 538.1 ± 51.2 |
| AST/(nkat•L⁻¹-1) | 602.6 ± 50.8 | 566.3 ± 40.0 |
| TT/(g•L-1) | 78.62 ± 7.85 | 73.32 ± 8.26 |
| Size of tumor | ||
| T ≤ 2 cm | 84 | 67 |
| 2 cm ≤ T ≤ 5 cm | 59 | 44 |
| 5 cm ≥ T | 36 | 25 |
| Location | ||
| Right | 40 | 32 |
| Tri-liver lobe | 3 | 2 |
| Left tri-liver lobe | 8 | 5 |
| VIII segment | 19 | 16 |
| Others | 109 | 81 |
| Number of tumor | ||
| 1 | 135 | 102 |
| 2 | 38 | 27 |
| ≥ 3 | 6 | 7 |