title: [Liver surgery in Switzerland].
abstract: In 1981, the surgical departments of the 5 Universities of Switzerland and 5 departments of Cantonal Hospitals and City Hospitals performed a total of 77 liver resections. The most prominent indication was liver metastases (especially from colorectal carcinomas), and lobectomy (hemihepatectomy) was the most commonly performed operative procedure. These data are in agreement with the experience of Zurich University Hospital from 1961-1981: 26 out of 45 liver resections were indicated by liver metastases. The overall postoperative lethality was 6.6%; lethality for resection of metastases was zero.
mesh_terms: D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000601:surgery; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Leberchirurgie in der Schweiz.