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Hand‐assisted laparoscopic left lateral segmentectomy of the liver for hepatocellular carcinoma with cirrhosis
Author(s) -
Inagaki Hitoshi,
Kurokawa Tsuyoshi,
ami Toshiaki,
Sakamoto Junichi
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of hepato‐biliary‐pancreatic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.63
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1868-6982
pISSN - 0944-1166
DOI - 10.1007/s00534-002-0795-6
Subject(s) - medicine , cirrhosis , hepatocellular carcinoma , surgical margin , hepatectomy , laparoscopy , laparoscopic surgery , hemostasis , surgery , general surgery , resection
Background/Purpose Despite recent progress in trials with laparoscopic hepatectomy, it is still necessary to develop safe and stable techniques. We have performed laparoscopic hepatic resection for 30 patients with liver tumors to date. We have recently been applying a hand‐assisted laparoscopic surgical technique for greater safety. Methods In the present study, we report techniques using a hand‐assisted laparoscopic anatomical left‐lateral segmentectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma with liver cirrhosis. Results Direct feeling with the surgeon's hand makes possible a procedure that is almost identical to open surgery in which there is better visualization of the surgical field and transected margin, and immediate hemostasis is also achieved by manually depressing the bleeding point. Conclusions With this method, laparoscopic anatomical hepatectomy can be performed more safely for patients with cirrhosis than by the fully laparoscopic method, although a larger incision is necessary.