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16340570

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
Cavernous hemangioma is the most common benign liver tumor. When it becomes symptomatic, enucleation is considered the treatment of choice because of its lower morbidity compared with liver resection. Therefore, although there have been many series of laparoscopic liver resection, only a few cases of laparoscopic enucleation of liver hemangiomas have been reported. We report the case of a 36-year-old woman with a symptomatic 4-cm liver hemangioma of the left lobe who underwent laparoscopic enucleation, with complete relief of the symptoms at the 3-month follow-up. The operating time was 90 minutes. Neither liver mobilization nor ligament division was necessary. The dissection was carried out with minimal blood loss. The postoperative period was uneventful, and the patient was discharged on postoperative day 4. Laparoscopic enucleation is easy to perform in suitable lesions, and its advantage with respect to liver resection is the preservation of healthy parenchyma and liver ligaments. No outflow occlusion is needed, and the intraoperative bleeding is easily controlled. Technical aspects of laparoscopic enucleation are described and a review of the literature is also provided.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1530-4515
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
359-62
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Laparoscopic treatment of liver hemangioma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Section of General and Emergency Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy. albertopatriti@alice.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports