title: Elective hepatic resection for benign and malignant liver disease: early results.
abstract: Between August 1989 and April 1992, 60 consecutive elective hepatic resections were performed by one surgeon at two hospitals. This personal series was reviewed to determine the early results of elective hepatic resection. There were 17 patients with liver metastases from colorectal cancer, 14 with hepatocellular carcinoma (three with cirrhosis), seven with cholangiocarcinoma, six with carcinoma of the gallbladder plus liver involvement, ten with liver metastases from other sites and six with benign conditions of the liver. Thirty-eight patients underwent major liver resection, seven unisegmentectomy, six bisegmentectomy, four trisegmentectomy and five non-anatomical resection. Total vascular exclusion was used in 50 cases and the Pringle manoeuvre in ten. The mean(s.d.) operative blood transfusion was 990(1260) ml packed red blood cells (range 0-13 units); 17 patients did not receive blood transfusion. There were two operative deaths; non-fatal complications developed in 16 patients. The two deaths were from postoperative liver failure and there was no other hospital death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zografos
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Awad
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bottino
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000601:surgery; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000601:surgery; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008099:Liver / Q000601:surgery*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications