Single incision laparoscopic surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 1 The number of patients and type of resection for hepatocellular carcinoma are shown

Ref.	n	Procedure
		NAR	SR	LLS	LH	RH
Wu et al[16], 2014	2	2	-	-	-	-
Aikawa et al[17], 2012	5	5	-	-	-	-
Shetty et al[18], 20121	17 (23)	3	9	4	1	1
Karabicak et al[19], 2017	2	2	-	-	-	-
Hyun et al[21], 2021	21	21	-	-	-	-
Tsai et al[22], 2020	27	ND	8	14	ND	ND
Wang et al[23], 2020	33	-	-	33	-	-
Saad et al[24], 20202	12 (33)	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Kobayashi et al[25], 2010	1	1	-	-	-	-
Gaujoux et al[26], 2011	1	1	-	-	-	-
Pan et al[27], 2012	4	2	-	2	-	-
Chang et al[29], 2011	3	-	1	2	-	-
Toyama et al[30], 2013	1	1	-	-	-	-
Kim et al[31], 2014	3	-	2	1	-	-
Tayar et al[32], 2014	2	2	-	-	-	-
Tzanis et al[33], 2014	1	1	-	-	-	-
Zhao et al[34], 2011	2	2	-	-	-	-
Tan et al[35], 2012	3	-	1	2	-	-
Aldrighetti et al[36], 2012	6	-	-	6	-	-
Struecker et al[37], 2018	4	-	-	4	-	-
Pan et al[38], 2019	36	31	2		3	-
Mittermair et al[40], 2021	8	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Dai et al[41], 2023	1	-	-	-	1	-

¹Shetty converted 6 out of 23 patients to either laparoscopic or open surgery.

²Although Saad et al[24] reported 33 hepatocellular carcinoma patients, they reported their first 21 cases in the paper of Hyun et al[21].

NAR: Nonanatomic resection; SR: Segment resection; LLR: Left lateral sectionectomy; LH: Left hepatectomy; RH: Right hepatectomy; ND: No data available.