title: Laparoscopic unroofing of multiple benign liver cysts with intraperitoneal drainage: a case report.
abstract: The treatment of symptomatic congenital hepatic cysts is surgical. Aspiration does not provide definitive therapy and carries a high recurrence rate. Surgical exploration and drainage intraperitoneally, externally, and internally to a segment of bowel have been described. With the recent explosion in the applications of laparoscopic guided surgery, we report a simple method for the excision of congenital solid hepatic cyst with subsequent intraperitoneal drainage and follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gwertzman
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Kaleya
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Gliedman
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000151:congenital / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors