title: Pure laparoscopic subsegmentectomy of the liver using a puncture method for the target portal branch under percutaneous ultrasound with artificial ascites.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  It is important to minimize surgical invasiveness in the therapy of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and, consequently, laparoscopic hepatic resection is widely performed. However, most anatomic resections, except left lateral sectionectomy, are still difficult technically and, as an alternative approach, laparoscopy-assisted procedures also have been introduced because of the safety and curative success of the operation. Herein, we describe pure laparoscopic subsegmentectomy of the liver using puncture of the portal branch under percutaneous ultrasound (US) with artificial ascites.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pure laparoscopic subsegmentectomy of segment 6 (S6) was planned for a patient with HCC of S6 of the liver. The identification of the segment was performed by dye injection under percutaneous US guidance with artificial ascites.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The procedure was completed successfully in a minimally invasive manner with an operative time of 260 minutes and with intraoperative blood loss of 10 mL. The difference between the size of the resected specimen and that estimated by 3-dimensional computed tomography was very small. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged 10 days after surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pure laparoscopic subsegmentectomy for HCC with a conventional puncture technique under percutaneous US with artificial ascites is considered to be a useful procedure featuring both low invasiveness and curative success.
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kagoshima University School of Medicine, Kagoshima, Japan. sakoda@m.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakoda
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iino
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: Yota
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurahara
authors.forename: Yukou
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mataki
authors.forename: Kousei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maemura
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shinchi
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Natsugoe
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001201:Ascites / Q000503:physiopathology; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D056888:Patient Positioning; D011028:Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D011168:Portal System / Q000601:surgery; D011677:Punctures / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*