Excisional Therapy of Benign Hepatic Lesions.
- Author:
Dongho CHOI
1
;
Han Joon KIM
;
Kyeong Geun LEE
;
Hwon Kyum PARK
;
Oh Jung KWON
;
Kwang Soo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. kslee@hanyang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Benign hepatic lesions;
Excisional therapy
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Diabetes Mellitus;
Diagnosis;
Female;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Interviews as Topic;
Liver;
Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Myocardial Infarction;
Pleural Effusion;
Retrospective Studies;
Ultrasonography
- From:Korean Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
2002;6(2):132-137
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The diagnosis and treatment of benign hepatic lesions remain controversal. The widespread availability of ultrasonography, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and their frequent application in evaluating abdominal pain, has resulted in more frequent discovery of incidental benign hepatic lesions. To address these points, the clinical data of patients with benign hepatic lesions treated with surgical resections at our hospital were reviewed retrospectively. METHODS: We reviewed the clinical records of thirty nine patients with benign hepatic lesions who had undergone hepatic resection from January, 1985 to August, 2002 at Hanyang University Hospital. RESULTS: There were 39 patients, whose mean age was 47.0 years. The ages ranged from 24~74 years. There were 14 male patients and 25 female patients. The ratio of male and female was 1:1.8. Major symptoms were right upper quadrant pain, mass, epigastric pain, and non-specific GI symptoms. 22 cases of anatomical resections (10 right lobectomy, 5 left lobectomy, 7 left lateral segmentectomy) and 17 non anatomical resections were done. There were no postoperative deaths in this series. Fourteen patients (35.9%) developed operative complications. All of them were minor complications. During the mean follow up time, symptomatic relief was achieved in patients out of patients who we could contact with opd follow up or telephone interview. Three patients died of massive pleural effusion 4 years after operation, myocardial infarction 14 months after operation, alcoholic liver cirrhosis and diabetes mellitus 33 months after operation. CONCLUSION: Hepatic resection in patients who had benign hepatic lesions in the liver was safe and effective treatment modality if patients were selected with suitable indications.
