Surgery for liver and biliary leasions at our department between 2005 and 2008

Introduction: Authors evaluate the experiences gained with liver and biliary tract surgery between June 2005 and December 2008. Patients: During this period 38 patients were operated for liver or biliary tract lesion at our departments. 6 of these were benign whereas 32 were malignant. Amongst the malignant cases there were 8 gall bladder, 7 Klatskin, 4 primer hepatocellular carcinoma and 13 metastatic liver (colorectal, pulmonal, gynaecological) tumours. The benign cases were 1 echinococcal cyst, 1 liver adenoma and 4 haemangiomas. Discussion: We performed 10 major anatomical resections: 6 right and 4 left hepa…