A feasible and safe treatment for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma in elderly patients
Sunday, February 7, 2010 - 09:14
in Health & Medicine
Conventional hepatectomy is an effective way to treat hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, it is invasive and stressful. Laparoscopic surgery, a kind of minimally invasive surgery, has recently gained considerable advances. The use of laparoscopy in hepatectomy, while technically demanding, reduces surgical invasiveness and stressfulness but still achieves complete resection with adequate margins...