Short-term and long-term outcomes after simultaneous resection of colorectal malignancies and synchronous liver metastases.

Background: We evaluated the simultaneous resection of colorectal malignancies and synchronous liver metastases.

Methods: Between June 1982 and June 2006, a total of 752 patients underwent resection of colorectal hepatic metastases. In all, 185 (25%) of them underwent simultaneous resection of the hepatic lesions and the corresponding primary tumors.

[Complications of hepatic resection surgery: a 12-month experience in a high case-load specialized center].

Background: Surgical treatment indications in benign and malignant hepatic tumors changed in last 20 years. Total number of hepatic resections increased in reference centers.

Objective: To evaluate complications after hepatic resections in a specific center, during a 12 months period.