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

Table 4

Pathologic tumor characteristics and curative resection based on laparoscopic versus open resection.

Variables	LS group (23)		LT group (133)
	Number	%	Number	%
Edmonds on grades I-II	8	34.8%	42	31.6%	0.951
Edmonds on grades III-IV	15	65.2%	91	68.4%
Microvascular invasion (yes)	13	56.5	71	53.4	0.958
Microvascular invasion (no)	10	43.5	62	46.6
Curative resection (R0)	22	95.6%	129	97.0%	0.761