Prospective, single-center cohort study analyzing the efficacy of complete laparoscopic resection on recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of all enrolled patients

Characteristic	Laparoscopic group	Open surgery group (control)	P value
Sex (cases)			0.904
Men	26	27
Women	5	6
Age (years)			0.413
Median	54	59.5
Range	37–66	34–65
BMI			0.912
Median	24.4	25.0
Range	19.1–31.0	21.8–29.9
Initial surgical lesion site (cases)			0.665
Right lobe	22	25
Left lobe	9	8
Primary tumor size (cm)	4.1 ± 1.5	4.9 ± 2.6	0.382
Time to recurrence (months)	28.4 ± 27.7	27.5 ± 16.3	0.282
Size of recurrent tumor (cm)	2.5 ± 1.0	3.8 ± 1.1	0.45
Recurrent site (cases)			0.632
Right lobe	16	19
Left lobe	15	14
Operation method (cases)			0.955
Left lateral lobectomy	12	13
Local resection	19	20
Total bilirubin (μmol/L)	31.2 ± 7.4	33.7 ± 10.4	0.742
Albumin (g/L)	35.2 ± 3.3	36.4 ± 4.3	0.532
ALT (U/L)	49.6 ± 6.4	76.3 ± 7.5	0.671
AST (U/L)	52.4 ± 7.4	69.4 ± 8.4	0.832
Prothrombin time (s)	11.5 ± 0.7	12.4 ± 1.0	0.651
AFP (cases)			0.264
>400 ng/mL	27	24
<400 ng/mL	4	9
HBV-DNA (log10 IU/mL)	3.50 ± 0.8	3.0 ± 0.2	0.192

BMI body mass index, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, AFP α-fetoprotein, HBV hepatitis B virus

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