Laparoscopic liver resection: Wedge resections to living donor hepatectomy, are we heading in the right direction?

Table 1 Comparison of mortality, morbidity and conversion rates in some of the larger laparoscopic liver resection publications

Ref.	Year	Cases (n)	Malignant lesions (%)	Major hepatectomies (%)	Mortality (%)	Morbidity (%)	Conversion (%)
Descottes et al[92]	2003	87	0	3 (3.4)	-	4 (4.6)	9 (10)
Mala et al[93]	2005	53	89	-	-	8 (16)	3 (5.6)
Kaneko et al[51]	2005	52	NR	NR	-	5 (10)	1 (2)
Vibert et al[27]	2006	89	73	38 (43)	1 (1.1)	31 (34.8)	12 (13)
Cai et al[94]	2006	62	32	2 (3.2)	-	2 (3.2)	2 (3.2)
Koffron et al[16]	2007	273	37	96 (35)	-	NR	-
Chen et al[95]	2008	116	100	4 (3.4)	-	7 (6)	6 (5.2)
Buell et al[4]	2008	253	42	62 (42.5)	4 (1.6)	41 (16)	6 (2.4)
Bryant et al[32]	2009	166	60	31 (18.7)	-	25 (15.1)	16 (9.6)
Dagher et al[23]	2009	22	22	22	0	14	9
Yoon et al[39]	2010	69	-	21 (20)	-	5	5
Martin et al[25]	2010	90	90	90	0	23	4
Abu Hilal et al[24]	2011	36	-	36	0	14	11