Table 5.

Comparisons of robotic vs. laparoscopic liver resections

Authors	Laparoscopic	Robotic	Clinically relevant differences
Spampinato[14]	25	25	1)Pringle: 32% lap vs. 0% robot (p=0.004)
Troisi[13]	223	40	1)Parenchymal preservation: 55% robot vs. 34% lap (p=0.01) 2)Conversion: 20% robot vs. 8% lap (p=0.034)
Berber[15]	23	9	No differences
Tranchart[16]	28	28	1)Superior and posterior segments resections: 50% robot vs. 11% lap (p=0.003)
Tsung[12]	114	57	1)OR time: 253 min robot vs. 199 min lap (p<0.05) 1)EBL minor resections: 285 mL robot vs. 50 mL lap (p=0.011)

lap, laparoscopic; robot, robotic; OR, operating room; EBL, estimated blood loss