title: [Laparoscopic partial hepatectomy. Report of the first case in Mexico].
abstract: The authors report the case of a 47-year-old female patient referred to the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología with abdominal pain and a focal liver lesion in the left lateral segment. After a careful tumor work-up, a laparoscopic left lateral segmentectomy was performed. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged at the 2nd postoperative day. Histologic examination revealed focal nodular hyperplasia. In a search of the literature we find this to be the first case treated by this approach in Mexico.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Gastroenterología, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Av. San Fernando No. 22, Delegación Tlalpan, México D.F.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Mondragón-Sánchez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mondragón-Sánchez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bernal-Maldonado
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: González-Geroniz
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Oñate-Ocaña
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Molina
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meneses-García
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D020518:Focal Nodular Hyperplasia / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged