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Laparoscopic Resection of Surface Metastases in Liver - Description of the Technique

Authors

KALA Zdeněk BENDA Petr HANKE Ivo VÁLEK Vlastimil SVOBODA Tomáš

Year of publication 2002
Type Article in Periodical
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Surgery incl. transplantology
Keywords Laparoscopy - Liver resection - Liver metastases
Description Recently, the laparoscopic approach has been used more frequently for liver resection. The authors are describing the method of laparoscopic resection of surface as well as subcapsulary metastases, which had previously been destroyed by radio-frequency ablation. This technique provides relatively easy, complete removal of the tumorous tissue. The disadvantages of the described technique are limited use (it is suitable only for surface lesions) and increased financial costs

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