Laparoscopic versus open major liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative cohort studies.

BMC Cancer · 2019 · PMC6833163 · PMID 31694596

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Although the severity of complications following LMLR showed an increasing trend compared with the OMLR group, other studies showed that severity was similar in both groups [ 45 , 48 ].

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