Mini-laparoscopy is superior in detecting liver cirrhosis and metastases in liver cancer: an over 10-year experience in 1,788 cases.

Background/aims: Mini-laparoscopy has, since its first description in 1998, proven to be a valuable diagnostic method in liver diseases. We re-evaluated the significance of mini-laparoscopy for diagnosis and staging of liver disease and primary liver and bile duct cancer.

Patients And Methods: 1,788 consecutive patients who received a diagnostic mini-laparoscopy between 10/1998 and 06/2011 were included in this retrospective cohort study.

Intraoperative management of cystic meningiomas.

Cystic meningiomas are uncommon tumors that are easily confused with metastatic or glial tumors with cystic components. We report on our experience of intraoperative findings and management of peritumoral cyst wall and cyst fluid in cystic meningiomas. We reviewed all the meningiomas operated on at our department in a 3 1/2-year period (January 1998 to June 2001).