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

Table 4 Some of the larger laparoscopic donor hepatectomy series wherein operative time, transfusion, blood loss, and hospital stay are discussed

Ref.	Method	n	Operative time (min)	Blood Loss (mL)	Transfusion	Conversion	Donor Morbidity	Hospital stay (d)
Soubrane et al[69]	Pure laparoscopy LLS	16	320 ± 67 vs 244 ± 55	18.7 ± 44.2 vs 199.2 ± 185.4	NIL	1/16	18.7% vs 35.7% (NS)	7.5 ± 2.3 vs 8.1 ± 3.0 (NS)
Kim et al[70]	Pure laparoscopy LLS	11	330 ± 68 vs 306 ± 29	396 ± 72 vs 464 ± 78	NIL	-	0/11 vs 1/11	6.9 ± 0.3 vs 9.8 ± 0.9
Koffron et al[16]	Lap assisted Right hepatectomy	20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wakabayashi et al[83]	Lap assisted Right hepatectomy	7	-	-	-	-	-
Baker et al[78]	Lap assisted Right hepatectomy	33	265 ± 48 vs 316 ± 61`	417 ± 217 vs 550 ± 305	-	-	21.3% vs 21.3%	4.3 vs 3.9
Eguchi et al[79]	Hybrid Lap Assisted (Both Lobes)	15 (6-RL, 9-LL)	456	NA	NA	-	6.60%	-
Marubashi et al[89]	Hybrid Lap Assisted (Left lobe)	31 (LLS-17, LL-14)	510 ± 90	353 ± 396	-	NIL	6.70%	10.3 ± 3.3
Choi et al[91]	Lap Assisted and Single Port Lap Assisted	60 20( LADH) 40( SPLADH)	278 ± 72.25(SPLADH) 383.55 ± 41.73(LADH)	450 ± 316.43 (SPLADH) 873 ± 653.01 (LADH)	0.25 ± 0.81 (SPLADH) 1.25 ± 2.05 (LADH)	4/60	12/60	-