title: Laparoscopic Lin operation for the treatment of polycystic liver disease.
abstract: Non parasitic hepatic cysts are a clinical entity that is often associated with polycystic kidney disease. We report the case of a 75 year-old woman who presented with symptomatic but non complicated polycystic liver disease. The treatment consisted of laparoscopic fenestration of a large simple cyst located in the left hepatic lobe. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient remains free of symptoms at 18-months follow-up. Selected patients with symptomatic but uncomplicated polycystic liver disease and favourable anatomy benefit from laparoscopic fenestration of the cysts with low morbidity and hospital stay.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Simone
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Cioffi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*