ArticleSurgery today2019
Laparoscopic partial liver resection improves the short-term outcomes compared to open surgery for liver tumors in the posterosuperior segments.
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- Comparison of laparoscopic versus open liver resection for lesions located in posterosuperior segments: a meta-analysis of short-term and oncological outcomes.Surgical endoscopy · 2019Pooled it
- What matters in laparoscopic hepatectomy for lesions located in posterosuperior segments? Initial experiences and analysis of risk factors for postoperative complications: a retrospective cohort study.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
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- Short- and long-term outcomes of laparoscopic versus open liver resection for large hepatocellular carcinoma: a propensity score study.Surgery today · 2023Article
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- Laparoscopic Minor Liver Resections for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Posterosuperior Segments Using the Rubber Band Technique.World journal of surgery · 2022Article
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- Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery Is Superior to Open Liver Resection for Colorectal Liver Metastases in the Posterosuperior Segments.Frontiers in surgery · 2021Article
- Laparoscopic versus open liver resections of posterolateral liver segments - a systematic review and meta-analysis.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2020Article
- Laparoscopic Liver Resection of Segments 7 and 8: from the Initial Restrictions to the Current Indications.Journal of minimally invasive surgery · 2020Review
- Laparoscopic liver resection with simultaneous diaphragm resection.Annals of translational medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes between laparoscopic partial liver resection and open partial hepatectomy for tumors in the posterosuperior segments.
methodsThe clinical outcomes of patients who underwent either laparoscopic (n = 20) or open (n = 44) resection in segments 7/8 of the liver were initially evaluated. Because of disparities in the background characteristics, a case-matched study (1:1) was conducted. In addition, a comparative study of the patients who met the institutional criteria for laparoscopic partial hepatectomy was performed.
resultsIn the case-matched study, the laparoscopic technique required a longer operation time (p = 0.001), but was associated with less intraoperative blood loss (p = 0.021), a lower incidence of major complications (p = 0.014), higher levels of serum albumin on postoperative days 3 and 7 (p = 0.031 and p = 0.035), and earlier discharge (p = 0.001) than open resection. The results of the latter study were similar to those of the case-matched analysis.
conclusionsLaparoscopic partial hepatectomy was a feasible procedure for treating tumors in the posterosuperior segments without compromising oncological safety and yielded better short-term outcomes than open techniques. In addition, this study provides concrete selection criteria for laparoscopic partial hepatectomy for difficult lesions.
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