Table 3 Surgical resection of recurrent lesions based on the recurrent patterns
Recurrent features | Recurrencea | Surgical resectionb |
|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 160 | 27 (16.9%) |
Recurrent patterns | ||
Intrahepatic only | 38 (23.8%) | 12 (57.9%) |
Locoregional | ||
with intrahepatic lesion | 22 (13.8%) | 2 (9.1%) |
without intrahepatic lesion | 35 (21.9%) | 9 (25.7%) |
Distant metastasis | 65 (40.6%) | 4 (6.2%) |