Laparoscopic liver resection for living donation: Where do we stand?

Table 2 Summary of the studies reporting the results of laparoscopic assisted, hand assisted, robot assisted or full laparoscopic right hepatectomy for living donor liver transplantation

Ref.	Study type	n	Major complication	Blood loss (mL)	Transfusion	Hospital stay (d)
Laparoscopic right hepatectomy using midline incision “Hybrid Method”
Koffron et al[52], 2006	Case series	4	0%	150	0%	3 ± 1
Kurosaki et al[53], 2006	Case series	3	0%1	300 ± 1901	0%1	11 ± 31
Baker et al[54], 2009	Case control	33	0%	420 ± 220	0%	4.3
Nagai et al[55], 2012	Case series	4	-	350 ± 174	-	6.3 ± 1.3
Soyama et al[56], 2012	Case series	6	6%1	520 ± 2901	0%1	-
Zhang et al[57], 2014	Case control	25	0%	380 ± 110	0%	7 ± 1.4
Laparoscopic hand-assisted right hepatectomy using a transverse or subcostal incision
Suh et al[58], 2009	Case series	7	14%	-	-	10 ± 7
Choi et al[59], 2012	Case control	20	-	870 ± 653	-	12.1 ± 2.8
Hwang et al[60], 2012	Case control	20	0%	290 ± 67	0%	10.7 ± 2.6
Single port laparoscopic hand-assisted right hepatectomy using a transverse or subcostal incision
Choi et al[59], 2012	Case control	40	-	450 ± 316	-	11.8 ± 4.4
Hand assisted laparoscopic right-Lobe Hepatectomy
Suh et al[58], 2009	Case series	2	0%	-	-	12 ± 2
Robot-assisted right lobe donor hepatectomy
Giulianotti et al[61], 2012	Case report	1	0%	350	0	5
Totally Laparoscopic right-Lobe Hepatectomy
Soubrane et al[51], 2013	Case report	1	0%	100	0	7
Rotellar et al[62], 2013	Case report	1	0%	100	0	4

¹Specific results of right hepatectomy were not detailed, and separated from left hepatectomy.