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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Shafiq Rehman, Jeremy French, Professor Derek Manas, Steven White
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Background. Laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) has emerged as an alternative procedure to open liver resection in selected patients. The purpose of this study was to describe our initial experience of 100 patients undergoing LLR. Methods. We analysed a prospectively maintained hepatobiliary database of 100 patients who underwent LLR between August 2007 and August 2012. Clinicopathological data were reviewed to evaluate surgical outcomes following LLR. Results. The median age was 64 and median BMI 27. Patients had a liver resection for either malignant lesions (n = 74) or benign lesions (n = 26). Commonly performed procedures were segmentectomy/metastectomy (n = 55), left lateral sectionectomy (LLS) (n = 26), or major hepatectomy (n = 19). Complete LLR was performed in 84 patients, 9 were converted to open and 7 hand-assisted. The most common indications were CRLM (n = 62), followed by hepatic adenoma (n = 9) or hepatocellular carcinoma (n = 7). The median operating time was 240 minutes and median blood loss was 250 mL. Major postoperative complications occurred in 9 patients. The median length of stay (LOS) was 5 days. One patient died within 30 days of liver resection. Conclusions. LLR is a safe and oncologically feasible procedure with comparable short-term perioperative outcomes to the open approach. However, further studies are necessary to determine long-term oncological outcomes. © 2014 S. Rehman et al.
Author(s): Rehman S, John SKP, French JJ, Manas DM, White SA
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: HPB Surgery
Year: 2014
Volume: 2014
Online publication date: 11/02/2014
Acceptance date: 01/12/2013
Date deposited: 29/08/2017
ISSN (print): 0894-8569
ISSN (electronic): 1607-8462
Publisher: Hindawi Publishing Corporation
URL: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/930953
DOI: 10.1155/2014/930953
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