Cyst wall resection and ablation by hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery combined with argon plasma coagulator for huge hepatic cysts

Takeshi Aoki; Takashi Kato; Daisuke Yasuda; Yoshinori Shimizu; Noriyuki Murai; Atsushi Sato; Tomotake Koizumi; Koji Otsuka; Tomokazu Kusano; Ken Hayashi; Masahiko Murakami; Mitsuo Kusano

Cyst wall resection and ablation by hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery combined with argon plasma coagulator for huge hepatic cysts

Int Surg. 2007 Nov-Dec;92(6):361-6.

Authors

Takeshi Aoki¹, Takashi Kato, Daisuke Yasuda, Yoshinori Shimizu, Noriyuki Murai, Atsushi Sato, Tomotake Koizumi, Koji Otsuka, Tomokazu Kusano, Ken Hayashi, Masahiko Murakami, Mitsuo Kusano

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery II, School of Medicine, Showa University, 1-5-8, Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, 142-8666 Tokyo, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 18402132

Abstract

Six cases of deroofing of giant liver cysts by hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) and safe and definitive cyst wall ablation with argon plasma coagulation (APC), which was verified by pathological examination of the resected cyst wall, were shown.

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cysts / surgery*
Female
Humans
Laparoscopy
Laser Coagulation / instrumentation*
Lasers, Gas
Liver Diseases / surgery*
Middle Aged