Preoperative segmentation of the liver, based on 3D CT images, facilitates laparoscopic anatomic hepatic resection for small nodular hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis.
Ueno
Shinichi
S
Department of Surgical Oncology and Digestive Surgery, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medicine and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan. ueno1@m.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
Sakoda
Masahiko
M
Kurahara
Hiroshi
H
Iino
Satoshi
S
Minami
Koji
K
Ando
Kei
K
Mataki
Yukou
Y
Maemura
Kosei
K
Ishigami
Sumiya
S
Takumi
Koji
K
Fukukura
Yoshihiko
Y
Natsugoe
Shoji
S
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D057234:Preoperative Period; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed