Robotic Versus Open Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Matched Comparison

Robotic hepatectomy has been suggested to be a safe and effective approach for liver disease; however, studies comparing robotic hepatectomy with the conventional open approach regarding oncologic outcomes for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are limited. Accordingly, we performed a matched comparison of surgical and oncological outcomes between robotic and open hepatectomy. Between January 2012 and October 2015, a total of 183 patients underwent...