title: [Laparoscopic hepatectomy for liver metastasis].
abstract: The authors describe their initial experience and immediate results with laparoscopic liver resection in the treatment of four patients with liver metastasis. Three patients underwent laparoscopic anatomic bisegmentectomy 6-7 and one laparoscopic right hemihepatectomy. Mean operation time was 360 minutes and median hospital stay was 4 days. One patient developed bile leakage that was treated conservatively. No postoperative mortality was observed. This initial experience demonstrates that laparoscopic liver resection can be safely done with excellent immediate results. However larger and comparative studies are still needed to establish indications and limits for laparoscopy in the treatment of liver metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Gastroenterologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP. dr@drmarcel.com.br
authors.forename: Marcel Autran C
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: Fabio F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Makdissi
authors.forename: Felipe A Rocha de
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Manoel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luiz-Neto
authors.forename: Antonio Cavalcanti de A
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Marcel C C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Machado
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome