[Two steps liver resection with right portal vein ligation for two giant hemangiomas of the left and right lobes]

Chirurgia (Bucur). 2006 Sep-Oct;101(5):529-32.
[Article in Romanian]

Abstract

The liver failure is one of the most life threatening complication after extensive liver resections. In resections that exceed 70% of liver parenchyma, a two steps approach with portal branch ligation is the best alternative. The aim of the paper is to present the management of a 65-year-old female admitted into hospital for two giant symptomatic liver hemangiomas in the left lobe: segment III-20 cm. and in the right lobe: segments V-VIII-19 cm, which were non-resectable in the same intervention because the small amount of liver parenchyma left, and for these we decided a two steps surgery: left atypical resection with right portal vein ligation in the first step, attending 4 month for atrophy-hypertrophy process, and then right typical hepatectomy for second hemangioma who practically occupied all right liver. The postoperative course, was favorable after both interventions, with 7 days postsurgery hospitalisation, despite some hepatic failure symptoms: coagulation disturbance, increasing of bilirubin and ALAT, ASAT levels, ascites.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / diagnostic imaging
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / surgery*
  • Hepatectomy / methods*
  • Humans
  • Ligation
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Portal Vein / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome