Table 6 Comparison of surgical variables and outcome between laparoscopic stapleless left lateral sectionectomy (LH) and open left lateral sectionectomy (OH) for hepatocellular carcinoma less than 5 cm
| Categorical variables |
LH group a (n = 16) |
OH group (n = 49) | p value |
| Inflow control (Yes (%)) | 5 (31.3) | 27 (57.4) | 0.088 |
| Blood transfusion (Yes(%)) | 2 (12.5) | 1 (2.0) | 0.147 |
| Complications (Yes (%)) | 5 (31.3) | 13 (26.5) | 0.753 |
| Major complications b (Yes (%)) | 0 (0) | 2 (4.1) | 1.000 |
| Thirty-day mortality (Yes (%)) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | N.A. |
| In-hospital mortality (Yes (%)) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | N.A. |
| Early recurrence c(Yes (%)) | 3 (18.8) | 16 (32.7) | 0.357 |
| Continuous variables d |
LH group a (n = 16) |
OH group (n = 49) | p value |
| Operative duration (minutes) | 267.1 ± 23.96 | 219.1 ± 10.04 | 0.079 |
| Blood loss (ml) | 216.3 ± 50.33 | 172.5 ± 26.47 | 0.449 |
| Duration of inflow control e (minutes) | 85.6 ± 8.04 | 32.8 ± 3.51 | < 0.001 |
| Duration of parenchymal transection (minutes) | 80.5 ± 9.30 | 50.5 ± 4.20 | 0.001 |
| Post-OP hospital stay (days) (range) | 8.4 ± 0.63 (5–15) | 9.1 ± 0.54 (6–29) | 0.474 |
