Clinical Study

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

Table 5

Postoperative data: hepatic and renal functions, coagulopathies, other morbidities, mortality, and hospital stay divided in two groups according to type of surgical approach.

Variables
LS group (23) LT group (133)

Postoperative data

Mean SD Mean SD

Worse creatinine (mg/dL) 0.84 0.18 1.18 0.44 <0.001*
Worse bilirubin (mg/dL) 2.48 1.45 2.17 3.43 0.673
Worse INR 1.33 0.18 1.33 0.19 0.987
Worse MELD
10.6
(5–17)
3.58
12.6
(5–29)
4.24
0.035*

Number % Number %

PO ascites 3 13% 34 25.8% 0.288
PO jaundice 10 43.5% 30 22.7% 0.067
50-50 criterion8 34.8% 17 12.9% 0.014*
PO coagulopathy 5 21.7% 25 18.9% 0.777
PO renal failure 0 0% 9 6.8% 0.357
POLF 0 0% 9 6.8% 0.357
Treatment of POLF 0 0% 3 2.3% 0.475
Morbidity 5 21.7% 47 35.6% 0.237
Status (dead/alive) 0/23 0/100% 10/123 7.5/92.5% 0.36

Mean SD Mean SD

Hospital stay ()
7.61 (3–29) 5.5
14.38 (4–166) 21.78
0.339

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