BACKGROUND Conservative surgery (cyst evacuation and partial pericystectomy) for hydatid cysts of the liver is known to be safe but is often associated with bile leak and its sequelae. METHODS Case records of 86 patients undergoing surgery for hydatid cysts of the liver at a tertiary-care center in northern India over a 14-year period were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS Sixteen (18%) pat...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Thoraco-abdominal approach is a suitable choice for hepatectomy to secure good view for mobilization. The aim of this study was to assess efficacy of thoraco-abdominal approach (TAA) for hepatectomy. METHODOLOGY There were compared clinicopathological data, surgical results and postoperative complications of 425 consecutive patients who underwent hepatectomy via abdominal (AA)...

Hepatic infarcts or abscesses occur after hepatic artery interruption. We explored the mechanisms of hepatic deprivation-induced acute liver injury and determine whether partial portal vein arterialization attenuated this injury in rats. Male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent either complete hepatic arterial deprivation or partial portal vein arterialization, or both. Hepatic ischemia was evaluated...

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OBJECTIVE To evaluate our experience with the management of blunt liver trauma at Riyadh Central Hospital, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. METHODS The hospital records of 68 patients treated for blunt liver trauma at Riyadh Medical Complex over a 5-year period (1997 through to 2002) were reviewed retrospectively. Patients who were hemodynamically unstable or had peritonitis were treated by urgent la...

Background and Aim. EUS-guided intervention (EGI) for biliary therapy has been increasingly used in recent years. This report aims to describe the spectrum and experience of EUS-guided interventions in biliary diseases in a single-tertiary center. Methods. All patients with EGI were analyzed retrospectively by retrieving data from a prospectively stored endoscopic database between January 2006 ...

BACKGROUND In this study the results of non-operative management of pediatric hepatic injury after blunt abdominal trauma were evaluated. METHODS Multitrauma patients (n = 498) admitted between 1998 and 2002 were analysed as for mechanism of trauma retrospectively. Liver injuries were classified according to the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma's Organ Injury Scaling System. Liv...

Cystic lesions of the liver in the adult can be classified as developmental, neoplastic, inflammatory, or miscellaneous. Although in some cases it is difficult to distinguish these entities with imaging criteria alone, certain cystic focal liver lesions have classic computed tomographic (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging features, which are important for the radiologist to understand and ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety and technical success rate of an ultrasound-guided fiducial marker implantation in preparation for CyberKnife radiation therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 270 percutaneous ultrasound-guided fiducial marker implantations in 77 patients, which were performed from June 2008 through March 2011. Of 270 implantations, 104 were implanted in me...