Liver Surgery for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Laparoscopic versus Open Approach

Table 1

Preoperative clinical demographic data.

Variable		Laparoscopy (𝑁=116)	Traditional (𝑁=208)	P
Sex	Male	92	156	.459
	Female	24	52
Age	Total	58.31±12.7	57.9±11.2	.800
	Male	57.0±12.2	56.9±11.8	.965
	Female	63.2±13.8	60.9±8.6	.389
Body mass index (kg/m^2)		25.0±3.4	23.7±3.4	.001*
HBsAG	No	42	84	.535
	Yes	74	124
Anti-HCV	No	75	130	.791
	Yes	41	78
Alpha-fetoprotein (ng/mL)		890.8±3660.0	14561.3±123371.4	.234
GOT (U/L)		67.8±49.5	64.4±52.3	.570
GPT (U/L)		64.5±62.4	62.2±55.0	.736
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)		101.7±58.7	123.4±111.7	.052
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)		1.27±1.18	0.95±0.77	.003*
Albumin (gm/dL)		3.59±0.61	3.86±0.58	<.001*
Platelet (10^3 uL)		41.0±30.4	29.4±23.1	<.001*
BUN (mg/dL)		18.2±9.9	17.6±10.6	.635
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)		1.14±0.49	1.22±1.04	.431
Prothrombin activity (%)		0.916±0.090	0.952±0.099	.001*
ASA class	1	51	88	.845
	2	51	100
	3	13	19
	4	1	1
Child-Pugh classification	A	98	197	.008*
	B	17	10
	C	1	1
CLIP score		0.59±0.75	0.86±1.04	.016*
TNM stage	I	53	84	.001*
	II	58	76
	III	32	38
	IV	2	10