Navigating the evidence for hepatocellular carcinoma treatment: Surgery vs radiofrequency ablation through sentiment and meta-analysis

Figure 4 Forest plot. A: Adjusted hazard ratios for overall survival across 11 studies comparing liver resection and radiofrequency ablation. For studies that reported both overall cohort analyses and subgroup-specific results, the data were treated as separate entries in the meta-analysis. The pooled hazard ratio shows a significant survival benefit for liver resection; B: Summarizing the meta-analysis of recurrence. The plot presents the hazard ratios (HR) for each included study, comparing recurrence outcomes between liver resection and radiofrequency ablation (RFA). For studies that reported both overall cohort analyses and subgroup-specific results, the data were treated as separate entries in the meta-analysis. The pooled HR indicates a lower recurrence rate after liver resection compared to RFA. OS: Overall survival.