Laparoscopic Liver Resection Using a Silicone Band Retraction Method (With Video).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The success of laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) depends on stable and full exposure of the parenchymal transection plane. We evaluated the efficacy of LLR using a silicone band retraction method for lesions in the anterolateral and posterosuperior segments.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed 189 consecutive patients who had undergone LLR in our hospital between July 2010 and July 2020. They were divided into 2 groups according to whether LLR was performed before (conventional group; n=64) or after (silicone band group; n=125) the introduction of the silicone band retraction method.

Results

The silicone band group demonstrated significantly less blood loss than that by the conventional group. The mean operative time and the hospital stay in the silicone b

SUBMITTER: Sakai H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8168932 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature