Cyst wall resection and ablation by hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery combined with argon plasma coagulator for huge hepatic cysts.
Six cases of deroofing of giant liver cysts by hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) and safe and definitive cyst wall ablation with argon plasma coagulation (APC), which was verified by pathological examination of the resected cyst wall, were shown.
Aoki
Takeshi
T
Department of Surgery II, School of Medicine, Showa University, 1-5-8, Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, 142-8666 Tokyo, Japan. Takejp@wb4.so-net.ne.jp
Kato
Takashi
T
Yasuda
Daisuke
D
Shimizu
Yoshinori
Y
Murai
Noriyuki
N
Sato
Atsushi
A
Koizumi
Tomotake
T
Otsuka
Koji
K
Kusano
Tomokazu
T
Hayashi
Ken
K
Murakami
Masahiko
M
Kusano
Mitsuo
M
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003560:Cysts / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D017075:Laser Coagulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D054020:Lasers, Gas; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged