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Patients with a nondiagnostic percutaneous biopsy underwent a laparoscopic wedge biopsy or anatomical resection.
This study aimed to compare the outcomes of patients undergoing anatomical resection (AR) versus non-anatomical resection (NAR) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) from the published comparative studies within the literatures.
Laparoscopic wedge biopsy was necessary to accurately make the diagnosis in three cases, whereas the fifth diagnosis was established after an anatomical resection.
Actually, the therapeutic decision in our case has been based on the elimination of the bile source and accomplished by laparoscopic anatomical resection of the injured left lateral section of the liver.
However, it was considered that the anatomical resection of the residual anterior section would be difficult and that there would be a risk of causing new bile leakage due to the presence of dense adhesions and the anatomical modifications of the liver in the second previous hepatectomy.
We routinely effectuated IOUS (anatomical resection >non anatomical).
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Of these 47 patients, 42 underwent anatomical resections according to Couinaud's segments (Couinaud, 1957).
We experienced 98 pure LLR, including 36 anatomical resections until December 2014.
A probable explanation is that different tumor locations result in different anatomical resections with unequal numbers of lymph nodes due to the anatomical distribution of mesocolic lymph nodes.
Also, the rate of morbidity (1/7 and 5/29 for extended sectionectomy and other anatomical resections) is similar and both groups have no mortality (Table 2).
All other procedures were classified as non-anatomical resection, which was frequently performed for peripheral or central tumors.
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