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Table 3 Severity of the Complications

From: Laparoscopic versus open major liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative cohort studies

Reference (year)

Severity

n (%)

P

LMLR

OMLR

Cho JY (2015) [23]

NA

NA

NA

NA

Xiao L (2015) [24]

≤II

5 (12.2%)

25 (29.1%)

0.036

≥III

2 (4.9%)

7 (8.1%)

0.764

Komatsu S (2016) [25]

≤II

7 (18.4%)

16 (42.1%)

0.023

≥III

5 (13.2%)

7 (18.4)

0.529

Zhang Y (2016) [26]

I

20 (100%)

15 (60%)

< 0.05

II

0 (0)

8 (32%)

< 0.05

III

0 (0)

2 (8%)

< 0.05

Chen JH (2017) [27]

II

14 (11.1%)

24 (18.0%)

0.115

III

0 (0)

4 (3.0%)

0.123

IV

2 (1.6%)

4 (3.0%)

0.685

Yoon YI (2017) [28]

NA

NA

NA

NA

Guro H (2018) [29]

≤II

10 ()

16 ()

0.029

≥III

7 ()

27 ()

Rhu J (2018) [30]

≤II

4 (6.9%)

9 (6.8%)

0.528

≥III

1 (1.7%)

2 (1.5%)

Xu H (2018) [31]

≤II

11 (30.6%)

24 (35.8%)

0.024

≥III

0 (0)

12 (17.9%)

0.017

  1. Variables are expressed as no. (%). NA, not available. Abbreviations: LMLR, laparoscopic major liver resection; OMLR, open major liver resection