Laparoscopic liver resection with the water-jet dissector

✍ Scribed by H. G. Rau; G. Meyer; T. U. Cohnert; H. M. Schardey; K. Jauch; F. W. Schildberg

• Book ID: 104656251
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 342 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0930-2794
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00188462

✦ Synopsis

Laparoscopic liver resection requires careful patient selection. Tumor size and location have a major influence on the feasibility of a laparoscopic operation. Isolation and ligation of blood vessels and bile ducts after selective liver dissection by suitable techniques are important for visual control of the operating field.

Since the Jet-Cutter has proven to give excellent clinical results in conventional liver surgery, we carried out laparoscopic liver resections with the Jet-Cutter in six patients. Five tumors were located in the left liver lobe; the fifth was in segment 6. There were no intra-or postoperative complications. The patients were discharged from the hospital after a mean of 5.4 -+ 2.1 days.