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Current Concepts in Laparoscopic Liver Surgery

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Hellenic Journal of Surgery

Abstract

Laparoscopic liver surgery is currently acknowledged to be a safe and effective approach for the treatment of a variety of benign and malignant hepatic lesions. Its wider adoption was delayed by lack of experience, unavailability of suitable laparoscopic equipment, fear of uncontrollable intraoperative adverse events and the perceived oncological inadequacy of the approach. Over the years all these obstacles were overcome, and increasing numbers of studies documented the safety and efficacy of the procedure, with beneficial short-term results and long-term outcome comparable with that of the traditional open approach. This review presents the current knowledge on the indications, advantages, and short- and long-term outcomes of laparoscopic liver resection for a variety of liver lesions.

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    N Machairas & Anna Paspala

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    ID Kostakis & GC Sotiropoulos

  3. Department of Surgery, “Metaxa” Memorial Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece

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Machairas, N., Paspala, A., Kostakis, I. et al. Current Concepts in Laparoscopic Liver Surgery. Hellenic J Surg 90, 261–266 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13126-018-0485-8

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