title: Clinical experience with the intrahepatic posterior approach to the portal triad for right hepatectomy and right segmental resection.
abstract: An intrahepatic posterior approach to the portal triad has been used over a 2-year period to perform right hepatectomies and right segmental resections in 29 patients (20 men, 9 women; median age 63 years, range 22-82 years). Two resections were palliative for cholangiocarcinomas; the remainder included 9 hepatocellular carcinomas, 12 colorectal metastases, 2 adenomas, 3 cancers of the gallbladder, and one case of chronic hepatic fibrosis. The median operative time was 3 hours 40 minutes (3:40; range 2:20-7:00) with a median period of hepatic ischemia of 87 minutes (range 27-152 minutes). Median blood transfused was 0 unit (range 0-12 units) with only three patients requiring intensive care admission. There was one hospital death. All but one patient was followed up after surgery (median period 24 months; range 1-36 months) at which time there had been three deaths from metastatic disease; the remaining patients were free of clinical recurrence. This operative approach allows minimally resective surgery to be performed safely with excellent short- and medium-term results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Surgery, Hospital Pontchaillou, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Maddern
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Manganas
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Launois
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011168:Portal System / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate