Laparoscopic liver surgery: An overview of the literature and experiences of a single centre.
In the past two decades there has been an enormous increase in laparoscopic liver surgery. There is a trend from limited to laparoscopic major resections and more centres are adopting laparoscopic liver surgery as a standard of care. Although no randomized clinical trials are published, different reports on minor and major hepatectomies and meta-analyses suggest (at least) equal outcomes and cost-effectiveness compared to open procedures.
Department of Surgery, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands. Electronic address: pgobardhan@amphia.nl.
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Department of General and HPB Surgery, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Lancashire, UK. Electronic address: dsubar@hotmail.com.
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Department of Digestive Diseases, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France. Electronic address: brice.gayet@imm.fr.
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D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000401:mortality; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000191:economics / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D016896:Treatment Outcome
Hepatectomy; Laparoscopy; Liver resection; Segmentectomy; Surgery