ArticleKorean journal of radiology2022
Laparoscopic Hepatic Resection Versus Laparoscopic Radiofrequency Ablation for Subcapsular Hepatocellular Carcinomas Smaller Than 3 cm: Analysis of Treatment Outcomes Using Propensity Score Matching.
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- Comparison of surgical resection and radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma (≤ 3 cm): an updated meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Liver resection versus radiofrequency ablation for solitary small hepatocellular carcinoma measuring ≤3 cm: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Liver resection versus radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma: A systemic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Laparoscopic liver resection is superior to radiofrequency ablation for small hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of propensity score-matched studies.Hepatology international · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of laparoscopic liver resection versus radiofrequency ablation in patients with early and small hepatocellular carcinoma: an updated meta-analysis and meta-regression of observational studies.World journal of surgical oncology · 2024Pooled it
- Laparoscopic liver resection versus radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma within Milan criteria: a meta-analysis and systematic review.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Pooled it
- Comparison of the efficacy of laparoscopic hepatectomy and radiofrequency ablation for small hepatocellular carcinoma: A retrospective study.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Primary treatments for solitary hepatocellular carcinoma ≤ 3 cm: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.Annals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery · 2024Review
- Development and validation of a nomogram to predict cancer-specific survival of patients with large hepatocellular carcinoma accepting surgical resection: a real-world analysis based on the SEER database.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2024Article
- Partial Hepatectomy and Ablation for Survival of Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients: A Bayesian Emulation Analysis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Treatment options for solitary hepatocellular carcinoma ≤5 cm: surgery vs. ablation: a multicenter retrospective study.Journal of liver cancer · 2024Article
- Comparative Study of Long-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Liver Resection versus Radiofrequency Ablation for Single Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma Located in Left Lateral Segments of the Liver.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Tyrosine kinase inhibitors as potential sensitizers of adoptive T cell therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
- 2022 Korean Liver Cancer Association-National Cancer Center Korea Practice Guidelines for Local Ablation Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: What's New?Korean journal of radiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the therapeutic outcomes of laparoscopic hepatic resection (LHR) and laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation (LRFA) for single subcapsular hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). MATERIALS AND
methodsWe screened 244 consecutive patients who had received either LHR or LRFA between January 2014 and December 2016. The feasibility of LRFA in patients who underwent LHR was retrospectively assessed by two interventional radiologists. Finally, 60 LRFA-feasible patients who had received LHR and 29 patients who had received LRFA as the first treatment for a solitary subcapsular HCC between 1 cm and 3 cm were finally included. We compared the therapeutic outcomes, including local tumor progression (LTP), recurrence-free survival (RFS), and overall survival (OS) between the two groups before and after propensity score (PS) matching. Multivariable Cox proportional hazard regression was also used to evaluate the difference in OS and RFS between the two groups for all 89 patients.
resultsPS matching yielded 23 patients in each group. The cumulative LTP and OS rates were not significantly different between the LHR and LRFA groups after PS matching (
conclusionThere was no significant difference in therapeutic outcomes between LHR and LRFA for single subcapsular HCCs measuring 1-3 cm. The difference in RFS should be further evaluated in a larger study.
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