Hepatic resections by means of digitoclasia: outcome in twenty patients

Antonio Ríos Rodríguez, Nancy Capin Sarria, Lidia Torres Aja
2008 Medisur  
Hepatic surgery currently shows impressive advances. Among the newest techniques we can include digitoclasia, created by Ton That Tung. Objective: To describe the results of hepatic resections in patients operated with digitoclasia. Methods: A descriptive, retrospective study of the outcome of twenty patients operated in the hospital "Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima" in Cienfuegos, carried out in a period of ten years. The following variables were analyzed: Age, sex, disease that determined the
more » ... rvention, kind of hepatic resection, complications and mortality. Findings: Cavernous haemangioma, hepatocarcinoma, hepatic metastasis of colon cancer and politraumatism were the main causes that led to surgical intervention; right hepatectomy was the most frequent technique. Conclusions: Digitoclasia is a quick and safe procedure, even for wide hepatic resections since, even with some levels of complications and mortality, these do not exceed the figures of studies by other authors.
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