Which approach is preferred in left hepatocellular carcinoma? Laparoscopic versus open hepatectomy using propensity score matching

Table 3 Risk factors for HCC recurrence in left hepatectomy patients after propensity matching in the univariate analysis

	Hazard ratio	95% CI	P-value
Laparoscopic left hepatectomy	2.404	0.683–8.460	0.172
Gender (female)	0.546	0.077–3.885	0.546
Age	0.998	0.958–1.041	0.940
NLR	2.310	0.105–51.005	0.596
Hemoglobin	0.979	0.777–1.235	0.860
Platelets	0.996	0.986–1.006	0.387
AST	1.232	0.610–2.491	0.561
ALT	1.082	0.610–1.920	0.788
ALP	1.715	0.211–13.911	0.614
Albumin	0.358	0.085–1.508	0.161
CRP	0.996	0.690–1.437	0.983
AFP	0.954	0.810–1.123	0.570
PIVKA-II	1.309	0.948–1.806	0.102
ICG-R15	3.038	1.032–8.938	0.044
Tumor size	1.636	0.480–5.579	0.431
Tumor necrosis	1.273	0.351–4.612	0.713
Tumor hemorrhage	0.281	0.060–1.327	0.109
Encapsulation	0.357	0.080–1.590	0.177
Microvascular invasion	1.392	0.423–4.583	0.587
PVTT	3.075	0.538–17.575	0.207
Intrahepatic metastasis	1.646	0.203–13.334	0.641
Multicentric occurrence	2.874	0.496–16.650	0.239
Free resection margin	1.669	0.670–4.160	0.271
Cirrhosis	1.043	0.994–1.008	0.766
Operative time	1.043	0.352–3.088	0.940
RBC transfusion	2.300	0.387–13.673	0.360

*NLR neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, AST aspartate transaminase, ALT alanine transaminase, ALP alkaline phosphatase, CRP C-reactive protein, AFP alpha-fetoprotein, PIVKA-II protein induced by vitamin K absence/antagonism-II, ICG-R15 indocyanine green retention rate at 15 min, PVTT portal vein tumor thrombosis, RBC red blood cells

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