Safety and efficacy for laparoscopic versus open hepatectomy: A meta-analysis

Laparoscopic hepatectomy (LH) is growing in popularity, but its efficacy and safety are still controversial. Few multicenter, large, population-based, prospective, randomized studies have compared LH with open hepatectomy (OH). We performed a meta-analysis to compare the treatment outcome of patients undergoing LH versus OH.

Source: Surgical Oncology - June 28, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Bao Jin, Meiting Chen, Yutong Fei, Shunda Du, Yilei Mao Source Type: research