title: Cyst wall resection and ablation by hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery combined with argon plasma coagulator for huge hepatic cysts.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Murai
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Tomotake
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.forename: Tomokazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kusano
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kusano
mesh_terms: 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