BACKGROUND: To analyse the main clinical and technical aspects related to hepatic resections in a 5-year period (1994 to 1998). METHOD: This is a retrospective study of twenty one hepatic resections and enphasizes resection type used, pre-operative preparation and post-operative complications. It also stablishes corelations between hepatic resections and clinical and epidemiological data and between hepatic resections and complementary tests more frequently required, specially histopathological test. RESULTS: There were eight atipical local resections, four segmentectomies, four left hepatectomies, two right hepatectomies, one left lobectomy, one left trisegmentectomy and one rigth trisegmentectomy. Resections were indicated for the treatment of primary malignant liver tumors in nine patients; for benign tumors in six patients; for miscellany in three patients; for hepatic metastasis in two and for billiary ducts tumor in one patient. Post-operative complications occurred in seven patients(33%). The main complications were the subfrenic abscess and peritonitis and the operative mortality was of 9,5%. CONCLUSIONS: Hepatic surgery has become increasingly performed and post-operative complications have undergone a stronger clinical control, reducing significantly mortality.
Hepatic resections; Liver surgery; Complications; Mortality
