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Table 3 Comparison of patients with contralateral and ipsilateral recurrence after laparoscopic hepatectomy

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

Characteristic

Contralateral recurrence (n = 18)

Ipsilateral recurrence (n = 13)

P value

T/χ 2

Recurrent tumor size (cm)

4.4 ± 0.9

3.7 ± 1.4

0.227

1.3

Operation time (min)

112.4 ± 18.6

159.4 ± 39.0

0.034

−0.6

Surgical margin (cm)

3.6 ± 1.0

2.1 ± 0.6

0.166

−0.3

Intraoperative blood loss (mL)

97.7 ± 14.0

186.3 ± 125.6

0.012

−2.1

Postoperative time until the patient could walk (days)

1.8 ± 0.5

1.6 ± 0.5

0.478

−0.5

Anal exsufflation time (days)

2.3 ± 0.5

2.1 ± 0.7

0.634

−0.2

Hospital stay (days)

4.2 ± 0.7

6.1 ± 1.7

0.021

−2.1

Inpatient costs (×10,000 yuan)

6.2 ± 0.3

5.8 ± 0.7

0.575

−0.6