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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ROBOTICS AND COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY
Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages 735-742Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.1714
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hepatocellular carcinoma; laparoscopy; robotics; hepatectomy; propensity score
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korean government (MSIP) [NRF-2011-0013046]
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Background This study was designed to compare perioperative and oncologic outcomes between minimally invasive liver resection (MILR) and conventional open liver resection (COLR) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using a propensity-score matched analysis. Methods Ninety-nine patients who received MILR were matched with 198 patients treated with COLR out of 928 patients with HCC who received curative liver resection from 2002 to 2012. A multivariable logistic model based on factors related to the patient, tumor, and surgical procedure was used to estimate a propensity score. Results The MILR group experienced significantly less intraoperative blood loss (mean: 389.55 vs 580.66 mL; P = 0.008), lower complication rates (13.1% vs 24.7%; P = 0.020), and a shorter length of hospital stay (mean: 8.40 vs 13.39 days; P < 0.001). The two groups did not differ significantly in disease-free (P = 0.701) or overall survival (P = 0.086). Conclusions MILR produced better perioperative and comparable oncologic outcomes than COLR for HCC. Copyright (C) 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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