OBJECTIVE To assess the feasibility, safety, and outcome of laparoscopic liver resection for benign liver tumors. METHODS Fourteen patients with benign liver tumors, including 11 cases of hepatic hemangioma, 1 case of hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia, 1 case of hepatic granulomatous inflammation, and 1 case of liver cyst with hyaline degeneration and calcification underwent laparoscopic live...

Although the capacity of the liver to recover its size after resection has enabled extensive liver resection, post-hepatectomy liver failure remains one of the most lethal complications of liver resection. Therefore, it is clinically important to discover reliable predictive factors after resection. In this study, we established a novel mathematical framework which described post-hepatectomy li...

INTRODUCTION Hand-assisted laparoscopic liver surgery, a newly developed technique based on an innovative concept, has proved useful and safe for a variety of less invasive hepatectomies. Radiofrequency-assisted hepatic resection has been reported to be safe, associated with minimal morbidity and mortality and decreased intraoperative blood loss and transfusion requirements. AIM We describe h...

OBJECTIVE Resection of a primary colorectal carcinoma (CRC) can be accompanied by rapid outgrowth of liver metastases, suggesting a role for angiogenesis. The aim of this study is to investigate whether the presence of a primary CRC is associated with changes in angiogenic status and proliferation/apoptotic rate in synchronous liver metastases and/or adjacent liver parenchyma. METHODS Gene ex...

Background: Liver fibrogenesis will produce α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) expression and a continuous inflammatory process, seen through the neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR). The combination of mesenchymal stem cells bovine colostrum is novel strategy for repairing hepatic fibrosis tissue. To assess to reduce α-SMA NLR levels in Wistar rats after 50% fibrotic liver resection.
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A Comprehensive Method for Predicting Fatal Liver Failure of Patients With Liver Cancer Resection: Erratum I n the article ‘‘A Comprehensive Method for Predicting Fatal Liver Failure of Patients With Liver Cancer Resection’’, 1 which appeared in Volume 94, Issue 17 of Medicine, a manufacturer location was incorrectly listed. Reference 18 was also incomplete. The article has since been corrected...

AIM To determine whether acute loss of liver tissue affects hepatic short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) clearance. METHODS Blood was sampled from the radial artery, portal vein, and hepatic vein before and after hepatic resection in 30 patients undergoing partial liver resection. Plasma SCFA levels were measured by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. SCFA exchange across gut and liver was calc...

PURPOSE To evaluate if the ileum resection changes the functioning liver cell mass, the hepatic metabolism and the biodistribution of radiopharmaceutical in rats. METHODS Twelve Wistar rats weighing 285g±34g were randomly divided into the ileum resection group (n = 6) and sham group rats (n = 6). After 30 days, they were anesthetized and 0.1mL of 99m-Tc-phytate (0.66MBq) was injected via femo...