ANZ journal of surgery
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ANZ journal of surgery · Oct 2016
Laparoscopic approach to a planned two-stage hepatectomy for bilobar colorectal liver metastases.
This report describes the technical aspects and outcomes of a laparoscopic approach in planned two-stage liver resections for patients with bilobar colorectal cancer (CRC) liver-only metastases. ⋯ Laparoscopic first-stage resection of tumours in the left liver can be safely combined with RPVL/RPVE to achieve adequate hypertrophy of the FLR, allowing subsequent right hepatectomy.
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The constant need for rapid financial gain drives the international illegal drug industry, which encourages healthy individuals to smuggle drugs through internal concealment. The aim of this study was to evaluate our practice of the management of body packers using a hospital-based protocol in order to validate it. ⋯ Conservative treatment is safe and effective for drug body packers. We therefore recommend conservative management to be the mainstay for body packers with surgery only being indicated on clinical grounds.