Laparoscopic versus Open Liver Resection: Differences in Intraoperative and Early Postoperative Outcome among Cirrhotic Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma—A Retrospective Observational Study

Table 2

Preoperative data, clinical variables, comorbidities, and complications related to cirrhosis divided according to type of resection.

Variables	LS group (23)		LT group (133)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age ()	57.91; (30–73)	10.92	63.26; (41–77)	7.89	0.033^*
Male/female	15/8		104/29		0.19
	Number	%	Number	%
Pathologies
Alcohol ()	5	21.7%	6	4.5%	0.011^*
HCV ()	17	73.9%	88	67.6%	1
HBV ()	6	26.1%	35	26.5%	1
HDV ()	1	4.3%	5	3.8%	1
HIV ()	3	13%	19	14.4%	1
Diabetes ()	4	17.4%	36	27.3%	0.441
Preoperative ascites ()	3	13%	8	6.1%	0.211
Esophageal varices ()	13	56.6%	40	34.8%	0.062
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Preoperative data
Serum urea (g/L)	0.37	0.12	0.4	0.17	0.521
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)	0.9	0.2	0.98	0.29	0.197
Proteins (g/dL)	7.59	0.71	7.57	0.6	0.878
Albumin (g/dL)	3.91	0.39	3.73	0.41	0.139
Bilirubin (mg/dL)	1.45	1.18	0.98	0.51	0.074
ALP (U/L)	305.5	103.65	281.55	108.28	0.597
AST (U/L)	60	30.84	86.78	77.08	0.103
ALT (U/L)	55.48	43.38	87.76	72.41	0.04^*
INR	1.25	0.17	1.16	0.11	0.015^*
MELD	10.09 (7–18)	3.04	8.95; (6–15)	1.82	0.096
Na^+ (mmol/L)	140.65	3.5	138.8	2.67	0.023^*
WBC (U/mL)	5272.61	2125.79	5389.83	1728.14	0.772
Hb (g/dL)	13.36	1.74	13.9	1.47	0.119
HCT (%)	39.2	4.37	41.17	4	0.035^*
PLT (U/mL)	111 217	60 336	138 439	59 880	0.046^*

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