title: An isolated caudate lobectomy by the transhepatic approach for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic liver.
abstract: A new strategy for the treatment of hepatic malignancy located deep in the cirrhotic liver is reported. A 66-year-old man, who had a 3 cm hepatocellular carcinoma in the cranial part of the caudate lobe, underwent an isolated caudate lobectomy. By transecting along the interlobar plane and opening the hepatic hilus anteriorly, we resected almost the entire caudate lobe without loss of the remaining liver parenchyma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kosuge
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008099:Liver / Q000503:physiopathology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011184:Postoperative Period; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed