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Figure 1. Overall survival andrecurrence-free survival for laparoscopic and open liver resection for intermediate stage BCLC-B hepatocellular carcinoma. A: Overall survival. B: Recurrence-free survival for laparoscopic and open liver resection for intermediate stage BCLC-B hepatocellular carcinoma. Solid line: open liver resection (blue line); dot line: lap liver resection (green line). The OS at 1, 3 and 5 years for LLR was 89.1%, 70.4% and 58.6%, respectively; and 76.2%, 55.9% and 43.5%, respectively for OLR (P = 0.583). The 1-, 3- and 5-year DFS was 59.3%, 20.2% and 16.2% for the LLR group and 51.0%, 44.6% and 37.2% for OLR groups, respectively (P = 0.947). LLR: laparoscopic liver resection; OLR: open liver resection; BCLC: Barcelona Clinic Liver Score