Laparoscopic liver resection: Experience based guidelines

Table 3 Studies of laparoscopic liver resection for benign liver diseases (studies with over 10 cases)

Ref.	Cases (n)	Type of study	Major hepatectomies (%)	Conversion (%)	Transfusion (%)	Complication (%)	Mortality (%)
Katkhouda et al[28]	121	Retrospective	0	8.3	0	0	0
Descottes et al[12]	87	Retrospective multicenter	3.4	10	6	5	0
Ardito et al[29]	50	Retrospective	16	8	2	10	0
Troisi et al[30]	20	Comparative (LLR × OLR)	2.5	10	10	20	0
Abu Hilal et al[32]	50	Retrospective	28	2	2	7	0
Abu Hilal et al[31]	13 HA only	Retrospective	62	0	7.7	7.7	0
Herman et al[17]	31 HA only	Retrospective	16.7	0	0	6.5	0
de'Angelis et al[197]	36 HA only	Comparative (LLR × OLR)	25	8.3	0	8.3	0
Dokmak et al[33]	31 LLS only	Comparative LLS (LLR × OLR)	0	6.5	NR	9.7	0
Ding et al[25]	49 hepatolithiasis only underwent LLS	Prospective randomized trial (LLR × OLR)	0	4.1	NR	6.1	0
University of Sao Paulo series 2015	73		15.1	0	4.1	6.9	0

¹Included LLR (n = 12) and cyst fenestration/pericystectomy (n = 31): Results of patients submitted to LLR. HA: Hepatocellular adenomas; LLR: Laparoscopic liver resection; LLS: Left lateral sectionectomy; OLR: Open liver resection; NR: Not reported.