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- Title
Perioperative analysis of laparoscopic versus open liver resection.
- Authors
Rowe, Andrea J; Meneghetti, Adam T; Schumacher, P Andrew; Buczkowski, Andrzej K; Scudamore, Charles H; Panton, O Neely M; Chung, Stephen W
- Abstract
Over the past decade there has been an increasing trend toward minimally invasive liver surgery. Initially limited by technical challenges, advances in laparoscopic techniques have rendered this approach safe and feasible. However, as health care costs approach 50% of some provincial budgets, surgical innovation must be justifiable in costs and patient outcomes. With introduction of standardized postoperative liver resection guidelines to optimize patient hospital length of stay, the advantages of laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) compared with open liver resection (OLR) measured by perioperative outcomes and resource utilization are not well defined. It remains to be established whether LLR is superior to OLR by these measurements.
- Publication
Surgical endoscopy, 2009, Vol 23, Issue 6, p1198
- ISSN
1432-2218
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00464-009-0372-z