Objective To investigate the preventive measures for bleeding in laparoscopic hepatectomy. Methods The candidates for laparoscopic hepatectomy were 22 patients with live lesions， including 5 patients with primary liver cancer， 16 patients with liver hemangioma， and 1 patient with metastatic liver cancer. The tumors locatedthe left lateral lobe in 15 cases， caudate lobe in 1 case， segmentⅣin 2 cases， and segmentⅥ in 4 cases. The meandiameter of tumors was 4cm （2-10cm）. The surgical approaches included the left lateral lobectomy （15 cases）， leftlateral lobectomy of caudate （1 case）， and nonanatomic and wedge resection were performed in 6 cases. Results Twenty-two cases underwent laparoscopic liver resection， there were no conversion to open and operative death. The mean operative time was 115min （65-142min）， the mean blood loss was 450mL （270-780mL）， the mean length of hospital stay after operation was 6.5 days （3-11 days）. Conclusion Control liver section hemorrhage is a key technique in laparoscopic hepatectomy.
Objective To assess the impact of adjuvant chemotherapy (ACH) on the survival of patients with pT3 urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB) after radical cystectomy (RC). Methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical and follow-up data of 223 UCB patients who underwent RC between January 2005 and June 2015. None of the patients received neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Of all the patients, 75 (33.6%) were diagnosed as pT3 cancer (including 32 pT3a and 43 pT3b patients). The follow-up data were up to June 2015. Kaplan-Meier method with log-rank test was used to estimate and compare overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) between groups. Multivariate Cox proportional hazard models were used to identify predictors of OS and CSS. Results The short-term total effective rate of gemcitabine and cisplatin assisted chemotherapy in the treatment of pT3 UCB was 60.0%. Five-year OS rate (47.9%vs. 43.3%) and CSS rate (57.4%vs. 57.6%) were similar in the pT3a and pT3b groups (P=0.682 and 0.796, respectively). In pT3 patients, adjuvant chemotherapy was an independent predictor for OS (P=0.032). On multivariate analysis, according to the pT3 sub-stage, ACH was significantly associated with improved OS [hazard ratio (HR) =0.37; 95% confidence interval (CI) (0.15, 0.68),P=0.006] and CSS [HR=0.34, 95%CI (0.12, 0.86),P=0.022] in the pT3b group only. Conclusion Because pT3b cancer is characterized by macroscopic peri-vesical tissue invasion, patients may obtain an OS benefit from the administration of adjuvant chemotherapy.
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.