Figure1,a,2 and 3 cumulative survival of 33 patients included in the study with hepatocellular carcinoma following laparoscopic liver resection and open liver resection. b, Kaplan-Meier curve showing overall survival in patients with intrahepatic recurrence following laparoscopic liver resection and open liver resection. c, Kaplan-Meier curve showing overall survival in patients who with intrahepatic recurrence received vertebroplasty combined chemotherapy, targeted therapy, trans-arterial chemo-embolization and radio frequency catheter ablation after laparoscopic liver resection and open liver resection. d, Kaplan-Meier curve showing overall survival in patients with pulmonary metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent laparoscopic liver resection and open liver resection.