Stapler hepatectomy for colorectal metastases can be safely performed with excellent oncological outcome–a multivariate uni-center analysis

Introduction: Liver resection (LRx) offers the best chance for cure in patients with colorectal metastasis (crc-mts). Stapler hepatectomy has been demonstrated to be a safe and fast method for LRx. Its impact on outcome after resection for liver metastasis is unclear. This analysis was performed to investigate its effect on overall and recurrence free survival after LRx for colorectal metastasis. Methods: From 2001 to 2007 268 patients underwent LRx for crc-mts. Forty two patients were excluded from analysis. From the remaining 226 patients stapler hepatectomy was performed in 166 patients (72.6%). Univariate an…