• Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Military University, Chongqing 400037, P. R. China;
ZHENG Lu, Email: xqyyzl1@163.com
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Objective To investigate feasibility and safety of laparoscopic liver resection with vascular variation.Methods The clinical data of one patient with preoperative diagnosis of primary liver cancer, who was admitted into the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Military University in October 2017, were analyzed retrospectively. The three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction was completed basing on the preoperative CT data, then the liver volume was calculated and the preoperative planning was made, finally the subsequent surgery was performed.Results The results of the 3D reconstruction suggested that the tumor was situated in the central of the right liver, including the segment Ⅴ, Ⅵ, Ⅶ, and Ⅷ. There was a type Ⅱ portal vein variation, the right anterior branch of the portal vein divided a branch into the left medial lobe. The right hepatic vein was divided into the ventral and dorsal branches. There was a thick right posterior inferior vein in this case. The preoperative planning was that the right posterior lobectomy or right anterior lobectomy could not completely remove the tumor. According to the standard right hemihepatectomy, the remaining liver volume accounted for 27% of the standard liver volume. If preserving the right anterior branch of the portal vein for the right hemihepatectomy, the remaining liver volume accounted for 41% of the standard liver volume. According to the concept of precise hepatectomy, the laparoscopic partial right hepatectomy with preservation of the main branch of the right anterior portal vein was performed smoothly. The liver function recovered well after the surgery. The right pleural effusion appeared after the surgery, then was relieved by the thoracentesis.Conclusion For primary liver cancer patient with vascular variation, laparoscopic liver resection is feasible and safe basing on guide of 3D reconstruction technology.

Citation: WU Ke, LI Jing, YOU Nan, GU Huiying, WANG Liang, WANG Zheng, ZHU Yi’nan, LI Hongyan, ZHENG Lu. Preoperative three-dimensional reconstruction assisted laparoscopic liver cancer resection with vascular variation. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2018, 25(12): 1496-1501. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.201807044 Copy

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