Objective To summarize the experience in surgery for small hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) and the factors influencing or improving long-term survival.Methods Comparison clinicopathological data between small HCC and large HCC.A Cox proportional hazards modal was used for multivariate analysis of prognostic factors.Results Comparison between small HCC (n=1000) and large HCC (n=1366) revealed that small HCC had a higher resection rate (93 6%,1000/1068 versus 55 7%,1366/2451,P<0 01),a lower operativ...