Open AccessLaparoscopic liver resection for malignant liver tumors, why not more?
Author(s) -
Ik Soo Kwon,
Sung Su Yun,
Dong Shick Lee,
Hee Jin Kim
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of the korean surgical society/journal of the korean surgical society/oe gwa hag'hoeji
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2093-0488
pISSN - 1226-0053
DOI - 10.4174/jkss.2012.83.1.30
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , laparotomy , surgery , resection margin , metastasis , wedge resection , hepatectomy , retrospective cohort study , cancer , resection
The precise role of laparoscopic liver resection in liver malignancies remains controversial despite an increasing number of publications that have used the laparoscopic resection of benign liver tumors. This study was performed to assess the feasibility, safety, and outcome of laparoscopic liver resection for malignant liver tumors.