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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Laparoscopic liver resection is associated with less significant muscle loss than the conventional open approach

 

LLRa (n = 64 (100%))

OLRb (n = 64 (100%))

p-value

Age (years) (mean ± SDc (range))

60.2 ± 11.2

59.5 ± 11.8

0.729

Male gender, n(%)

49 (76.6)

52 (81.3)

0.516

DMd, n(%)

13 (20.3)

16 (25.0)

0.526

Hypertension, n(%)

17 (26.6)

22 (34.4)

0.337

ESRDe, n(%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1.000

CCIf score, median (IQRg)

5 (2.7)

6 (2.7)

0.162

ECOGh ≧ 2

5 (7.8)

3 (4.7)

0.718

Smoking, n(%)

16 (25.0)

24 (37.5)

0.127

Alcohol, n(%)

13 (20.3)

18 (28.1)

0.302

BMI (kg/m2)i (mean ± SDc)

24.9 ± 3.5

24.4 ± 3.3

0.441

Obesity, n(%)

15 (23.4)

15 (23.4)

1.000

Sarcopenia (pre-operative), n(%)

24 (37.5)

23 (35.9)

0.855

Previous abdominal surgery, n(%)

6 (9.4)

8 (12.5)

0.571

Preoperative treatment to HCC, n(%)

5 (7.8)

11 (17.2)

0.180

Child-Pugh class, n(%)

 Class A

64 (100)

64 (100)

1.000

BCLC stage, n(%)

  

1.000

 Stage 0

11 (17.2)

12 (18.8)

 

 Stage A

51 (79.7)

51 (79.7)

 

 Stage B

2 (3.1)

1 (1.6)

 

Preoperative ascites (n(%))

3 (4.7)

2 (3.1)

1.000

HBV infection, n(%)

37 (57.8)

43 (67.2)

0.273

HCV infection, n(%)

19 (29.7)

18 (28.1)

0.845

Liver cirrhosis, n(%)

27 (42.2)

36 (56.3)

0.157

Fatty liver, n(%)

31 (48.4)

27 (42.2)

0.478

Albumin (g/dL) (mean ± SDc)

4.20 ± 0.40

4.19 ± 0.41

0.533

Hemoglobin (gm/dL) (mean ± SDc)

13.7 ± 1.6

13.9 ± 1.7

0.503

NLRj, median (IQRg)

1.83 (0.98)

1.88 (0.85)

0.898

Platelet count (K/uL) (mean ± SDc)

174.7 ± 48.3

160.7 ± 53.8

0.121

T-bil (mg/dL), median (IQRg)

0.6 (0.5)

0.6 (0.5)

0.266

INRk (mean ± SDc)

1.1 (0.1)

1.1 (0.11)

0.370

ICG-15l > 10%, n(%)

20 (32.3)

21 (32.8)

0.947

α-Fetoprotein > 200 ng/mL, n(%)

15 (24.6)

11 (17.2)

0.308

  1. aLaparoscopic liver resection, bopen liver resection, cstandard deviation, ddiabetes mellitus, eend-stage renal disease, fCharlson Comorbidity Index, giInterquartile range, hEastern Cooperative Oncology Group, ibody mass index, jneutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, kinternational normalized ratio, lindocyanine green retention rate at 15 min