Table 1.
Comparison of patients’ characteristics and surgical outcomes n (%)
| LLR (n = 39) | OLR (n = 29) | P value | |
| Age (yr) | 69.4 ± 10.2 | 68.3 ± 8.1 | NS |
| Sex (Male/Female) | 26/13 | 22/7 | NS |
| HBV | 6 (15.4) | 4 (13.8) | NS |
| HCV | 19 (48.7) | 13 (44.8) | NS |
| Diagnosis | |||
| Hepatocellular carcinoma | 33 (84.6) | 22 (75.9) | |
| Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma | 2 (5.1) | 1 (3.4) | |
| Metastatic liver tumor | 2 (5.1) | 6 (20.7) | |
| Hemangioma | 2 (5.1) | 0 | |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 24.1 ± 4.1 | 23.9 ± 3.9 | NS |
| Tumor size (mm) | 27.3 ± 14.5 | 27.6 ± 11.6 | NS |
| Surgical outcome | |||
| Operation time (min) | 226.1 ± 117.2 | 292.8 ± 86.7 | 0.009 |
| Blood loss (mL) | 109.3 ± 162.0 | 406.9 ± 425.6 | 0.001 |
| Postoperative hospital stay (d) | 12.8 ± 10.4 | 23.6 ± 30.1 | 0.042 |
| Overall morbidity | 4 (10.2) | 7 (24.1) | NS |
| Grade I | 0 | 1 | |
| Grade II | 3 | 4 | |
| Grade III (a/b) | 1/0 | 1/1 | |
| Grade IV | 0 | 0 | |
| Grade V | 0 | 0 | |
| Bile leakage | 1 (2.7) | 2 (6.9) | NS |
LLR: Laparoscopic liver resection; OLR: Open liver resection.