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Laparoscopic Extended Left Lateral Sectionectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Patient with Right-Sided Ligamentum Teres: Case Report and Literature Review

Version 1 : Received: 8 June 2023 / Approved: 9 June 2023 / Online: 9 June 2023 (07:14:27 CEST)

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Adachi, Y.; Takahashi, H.; Yamamoto, T.; Hagiwara, M.; Imai, K.; Yokoo, H. Laparoscopic Extended Left Lateral Sectionectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Patient with Right-Sided Ligamentum Teres: A Case Report and Literature Review. Diagnostics 2023, 13, 2529. Adachi, Y.; Takahashi, H.; Yamamoto, T.; Hagiwara, M.; Imai, K.; Yokoo, H. Laparoscopic Extended Left Lateral Sectionectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Patient with Right-Sided Ligamentum Teres: A Case Report and Literature Review. Diagnostics 2023, 13, 2529.

Abstract

Right-sided ligamentum teres (RSLT) is a rare anatomic variant in which the fetal umbilical vein connects to the right portal vein. Patients with RSLT frequently have hepatic vasculature and bile duct anomalies, which increase the risk of complications with hepatectomy. Most patients with RSLT undergo open hepatectomy. We describe a patient with RSLT and hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent laparoscopic hepatectomy. The patient was a 69-year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma located in the left liver based on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging. Imaging also demonstrated RSLT. Three-dimensional CT analysis revealed independent right lateral type anomalies of the portal vein and bile duct. Laparoscopic extended left lateral sectionectomy was performed after careful surgical planning. Ultrasonography was used frequently during surgery to avoid damaging the right hepatic vasculature. The left lateral and partial left median sections were removed as planned. The patient’s postoperative recovery was uneventful. Avoiding injury to the right hepatic vasculature is essential when performing left lobectomy, including left lateral sectionectomy, in patients with RSLT. Laparoscopic hepatectomy can be performed safely in patients with RSLT, provided that careful surgical planning is conducted using preoperative three-dimensional CT analysis and intraoperative ultrasonography is used.

Keywords

Right-sided ligamentum teres; Three-dimensional computed tomography; Intraoperative ultrasonography; Laparoscopic hepatectomy; Expanded left lateral sectionectomy

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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