Santambrogio R, et al. - Researchers planned this work to compare two homogeneous groups of patients submitted to either hepatic resection or thermoablation for the treatment of single hepatocellular carcinoma (≤ 3 cm). In patients with a single nodule and preserved liver function, hepatic resection demonstrated some therapeutic advantages. However, in patients with nodules that would require complex surgical resections or imply a poor prognosis that might, therefore, better tolerate a less invasive procedure, thermoablation proved an adequate alternative.