Abstract
Objective To evaluate the role of computer-assisted surgical planning system in liver resection for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Methods Between January 2010 and January 2012,21 patients with HCC who underwent liver resection were included in this study.Computer assisted operative planning was performed before surgery.Results Computer-assisted surgical planning was performed successfully in all the 21 patients.The three dimensional anatomic evaluation was precise and quantitative.The predicted liver resection volume showed a significant correlation with the actual volume,with a mean difference of 3.5％.The types of liver resection included anatomic liver resection (15 patients) and local resection (6 patients).There was a 0％ mortality and a 14.3％ morbidity (3/21).Conclusions The computer-assisted surgical planning system reliably analyzed the 3D vascular structures and predicted accurately liver resection volumes.It can help to promote precise and safe liver resection. Key words: Hepatectomy; Computer-aided design; Three-dimensional reconstruction; Liver neoplasms; Liver volume
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