A Multicenter Retrospective Observational Study on Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Surgery for Elderly Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

A Multicenter Retrospective Observational Study on Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Surgery for Elderly Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma - A Multicenter Retrospective Observational Study on Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Surgery for Elderly Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000057870

Enrollment

1000

Registered

2025-05-14

Start date

2024-11-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1)No restriction on sex 2)Solitary tumor with a maximum diameter within 5 cm 3)No macroscopic vascular invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma 4)Type of hepatic resection (non-anatomical or anatomical) is not restricted 5)Histologically confirmed hepatocellular carcinoma (including combined types) 6)Both open surgery (including thoracoabdominal approaches) and laparoscopic surgery (including laparoscopic-assisted or hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery [HALS]) that meet the above criteria are included

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1)Patients with synchronous (double) cancers 2)Patients who received preoperative locoregional therapy (such as TACE, RFA, or radiotherapy) or preoperative chemotherapy for the target lesion 3)Cases requiring combined vascular resection and reconstruction, or removal of tumor thrombus from within blood vesse

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Event of death due to non-liver cancer causes	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Surgical information, Postoperative information, Prognosis	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactYukio Tokumitsu

Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Gastroenterological, Breast and Endocrine Surgery

yt790604@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp0836222264

Outcome results