Department of Surgery II, School of Medicine, Showa University, 1-5-8, Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, 142-8666 Tokyo, Japan. Takejp@wb4.so-net.ne.jp
Abstract:
Six cases of deroofing of giant liver cysts by hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) and safe and definitive cyst wall ablation with argon plasma coagulation (APC), which was verified by pathological examination of the resected cyst wall, were shown.