Table 4.

Surgical parameters of patients who underwent hepatectomy for hemangioma

Variables	Open approach	Laparoscopic approach	P
N (%)	133 (87.5)	19 (12.5)
Age (mean ± SD)	52.8 ± 9.4	50.8 ± 11.9	0.400
Gender
Male	50 (37.6)	11 (57.9)	0.091
Female	83 (62.4)	8 (42.1)
Tumor size (cm) (mean ± SD)	13.0 ± 3.4	12.0 ± 2.6	0.152
Operative time (min) (mean ± SD)	167.4 + 57	177.6 ± 59.4	0.488
Estimated blood loss (ml) (mean ± SD)	319 ± 245	282 ± 190	0.537
Major morbidity or mortality	0	0
LOS (mean ± SD)	8 ± 0.8	5 ± 0.6	< 0.01*

LOS Length of stay

*Significant difference