“…Short-term outcomes: Four included studies (Capussotti et al, 2006;Cucchetti et al, 2009;Choi et al, 2011;Santambrogio et al, 2013) reported post-operative liver failure, three (Capussotti et al, 2006;Choi et al, 2011;Santambrogio et al, 2013) reported post-operative ascites, five (Capussotti et al, 2006;Cucchetti et al, 2009;Choi et al, 2011;Yang et al, 2012;Santambrogio et al, 2013) reported peri-operative blood transfusion, and three (Capussotti et al, 2006;Choi et al, 2011;Santambrogio et al, 2013) reported operative mortality. The P values of heterogeneity tests were 0.82, 0.84, 0.21, and 0.74, respectively.…”