Table 1.
Characteristics of included studies comparing LH and OH to treat HCC patients with liver cirrhosis
| Study | Study design | No. of patients | Mean age, y | Child-Pugh (A/B) | Convention to open, (n, %) | |||
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| LH (M, %) | OH (M, %) | LH | OH | LH | OH | |||
| Belli et al. | R | 54 (31, 57.4%) | 125 (78, 62.4%) | 63.3±6.1* | 61.5±7.8 | 49/5 | 117/8 | 4, 7.0% |
| Cheung et al. | RM | 32 (22, 68.8%) | 64 (50, 78.1%) | 59.5 (39-79)** | 61 (29-82) | 32/0 | 62/4 | 3, 18.8% |
| Kanazawa et al. | R | 28 (16, 57.1%) | 28 (17, 60.7%) | 69 (40-85) | 68 (29-82) | 20/8 | 21/7 | 3, 10.7% |
| Memeo et al. | RM | 45 (37, 82.2%) | 45 (35, 77.8%) | 60 (43-80) | 62 (34-75) | 43/2 | 44/1 | NA |
| Siniscalchi et al. | R | 23 (15, 65.2%) | 133 (104. 78.2%) | 57.9 (30-73) | 63.3 (41-77) | NA | NA | NA |
| Truant et al. | RM | 36 (31, 86.1%) | 53 (47, 88.7%) | 60.6±10.2 | 63.3±7.6 | 36/0 | 53/0 | 7, 19.4% |
| Yamashita et al. | R | 63 (48, 76.2%) | 99 (74, 74.7%) | 67.5±9.5 | 65.2±10.1 | 59/4 | 96/3 | NA |
Abbreviations: LH = laparoscopic hepatectomy; OH = open hepatectomy; R = retrospective study; RM = retrospective matching study; NA = not available.
*
Mean ± SD.
**
Median (range).