SynthesisSurgery today2018
The liver hanging maneuver in laparoscopic liver resection: a systematic review.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Clinical Application of the Right Liver Hanging Maneuver for Laparoscopic Resection of Segment 6 Hepatocellular Carcinoma.OncoTargets and therapy · 2026Article
- Liver hanging maneuver is suitable in major hepatectomy for liver malignancies over 5 cm.Turkish journal of surgery · 2022Article
- Up-to-down open and laparoscopic liver hanging maneuver: an overview.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2021Review
- Effectiveness of surgical resection for complicated liver cancer and its influencing factors: A retrospective study.World journal of clinical cases · 2020Article
- Short-term Outcomes of Laparoscopic vs. Open Hepatectomy for Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Prospective Comparative Study.Current medical science · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeLaparoscopic surgery has gained the acceptance of the hepatobiliary surgical community and expert teams are now advocating major laparoscopic liver resections (LLRs). In this setting, the liver hanging maneuver (LHM) has been described in numerous series. We conducted a systematic review to investigate the effectiveness of the LHM in LLR.
methodsWe performed an electronic literature search using PubMed, EMBASE, and COCHRANE databases. The final search was carried out in December, 2015.
resultsWe found 11 articles describing a collective total of 104 surgical procedures that were eligible for this study. Laparoscopic LHM was used in LLR for both benign and malignant conditions, and also in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). The LHM was used mainly in right hepatectomy and only two authors reproduced the original LHM. We investigated the intraoperative parameters, preservation of postoperative liver function, and oncological outcomes. The clear benefit of using the LHM in LLR is for better identification of the parenchymal transection plane with less blood loss. The other benefits of LHM could not be corroborated by solid data on its positive value.
conclusionsIn view of the data published in the literature, our findings are not strong enough to support the systematic use of LHM in LLR.
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