Laparoscopic Lin operation for the treatment of polycystic liver disease.
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.
De Simone
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Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Cioffi
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D000368:Aged; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*