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Our primary end\u2010point was to evaluate safety and feasibility of RF\u2010assisted liver resection in cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Our second end\u2010point was to assess whether the RF\u2010assisted procedure influence the outcome in terms of morbidity and mortality.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A retrospective study was done of 55 cirrhotic patients who underwent RF\u2010assisted liver resection for HCC at our Departments between September 2001 and October 2007.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In the period of study 29 monosegmentectomies, 20 bisegmentectomies, 4 trisegmentectomies and 2 right hepatectomies were carried out. Vascular exclusion manoeuvres were never performed. One patient died post\u2010operatively because of untreatable hepatorenal syndrome. Twelve patients out of 55 experienced 21 complications including complicated pleural effusion, intra\u2010abdominal collection, hepatorenal syndrome, ascites, hematoma and biliary fistula. Post\u2010operative liver failure occurred in one case (1.8%). In patients without post\u2010operative morbidity (n\u2009=\u200943) the 4\u2010year survival rate was 62% versus 24% in patients who experienced post\u2010operative morbidity (n\u2009=\u200912) (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.02).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>RF\u2010assisted liver resection is a safe and feasible procedure associated with lower morbidity and hospital mortality rates even in case of liver cirrhosis. J. Surg. 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