title: Laparoscopy-assisted hepatectomy for a large tumor of the liver.
abstract: We performed a laparoscopy-assisted hepatectomy on a 52-year-old woman with a large hepatic cavernous hemangioma (longest diameter, 8.5 cm). With the use of Pringle's maneuver, the left lateral segment of the liver was resected with a Cavitron ultrasonic surgical aspirator (CUSA) while lifting the abdominal wall. Postoperative hepatic dysfunction was mild and transient, resolving spontaneously early after surgery. We intend to expand the indications of this minimally invasive procedure for hepatic resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asahara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dohi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moriwaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiroyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Azuma
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shimamoto
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged