Objective To approach the indications， techniques features， and efficacy of laparoscopic hepatectomy for liver tumor. Methods The clinical data and follow-up results of 61 patients who received laparoscopic hepatectomy at our institute from January， 2007 to December， 2012 were retrospectively analyzed. Results Of the 61 patients， 16 cases were with primary liver cancer， 1 case with liver adenocarcinoma， 2 cases with metastatic liver cancer， 31 cases with hepatic hemangioma， and 11 cases with other benign liver diseases （including hepatocellular adenoma， focal nodular hyperplasia， hepatic cysts， and mucinous cystadenoma）. The average tumor diameter was 5.6 cm （2-15 cm）. The surgical approaches includes laparoscopic hepatic left lateral lobectomy （42 cases）， right posterior lobectomy （2 cases）， hepatectomy of segmentⅥ （3 cases）， hepatectomy of segmentsⅦ/Ⅷ， Ⅳa， and caudate lobe （one respectively）. Non-anntomic and wedge resection were performed on 11 patients. The mean operating time， blood loss， postoperative hospital stay， and postoperative complication rate were （124±65） min （50-200min）， （251±145） mL （50-1 000mL），（7.3±3.6） d （4-11d）， and 16.3% （10/61）， respectively. In 19 cases with malignant liver lesions， 15 cases were followed up mean for 26 months （1-48 months）. One of them died in 1 year after operation for multiple organ dysfunction， others were survival. Conclusions Experienced laparoscopic surgery doctors selected appropriate cases， used proper blood inflow oclussion and liver resction methods， and cared for tumor-free principle， the laparoscopic hepatectomy for malignant and benign tumors of liver could be safe and effective to carry out.
Objective To evaluate the clinical effects of surgical treatment for 30 patients with discogenic low back pain. Methods A total of 30 patients with 36 intervertebral discs were treated with posterior approach lumbar discectomy and interbody fusion with internal fixation by strict criteria. All patients were followed up for one year. The low back pain before and one year after surgery was evaluated by Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score. Results The patients’ JOA score increased from 14.6±2.3 (before operation) to 27.1±0.9 (one year after operation) (t=–26.936, P<0.001), while the patients’ VAS score decreased from 6.2±1.6 (before operation) to 1.4±0.9 (one year after operation) (t=16.335, P<0.001), and the differences were significant. Conclusion When the conservative treatment is invalid, the operation of posterior lumbar intervertebral fusion is an effective method for the patinets with discogenic low back pain.