title: [Laparoscopic liver resection for benign liver tumors].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the feasibility, safety, and outcome of laparoscopic liver resection for benign liver tumors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fourteen patients with benign liver tumors, including 11 cases of hepatic hemangioma, 1 case of hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia, 1 case of hepatic granulomatous inflammation, and 1 case of liver cyst with hyaline degeneration and calcification underwent laparoscopic liver resection by PMOD.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hepatectomy was performed successfully under laparoscope in these 14 patients. There was no conversion to open approach, no postoperative mortality and no postoperative complication. The mean postoperative hospital stay was 6.4 days without recurrence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laparoscopic liver resection of benign liver tumors by PMOD is feasible and safe for patients with symptomatic and undetermined hepatic tumor, and is applicable in hepatic hemangioma complicated with cholecystitis.
authors.affiliation: Laparoscopic Surgery Center, Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China.
authors.forename: Xiu-Jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Hai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Di-Yu
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xue-Yong
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Li-Bo
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shu-You
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome