title: Retroperitoneal malignant fibrous histiocytoma surgically removed six times using a harmonic scalpel.
abstract: This paper describes a patient with retroperitoneal malignant fibrous histiocytoma who underwent surgical removal of the tumor 6 times. It is difficult to remove locally recurrent retroperitoneal malignant fibrous histiocytoma many times by repeat surgery, since the tumor tends to adhere tightly to the surrounding scar tissue. In the 5th and 6th operations we conducted on the patient, a harmonic scalpel was useful for separating the tumor from the scar tissue at the previous surgical site.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maruta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeno
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
mesh_terms: D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000473:pathology; D013525:Surgical Instruments