Symptomatic giant cavernous haemangioma of the liver: is enucleation a safe method? A single institution report.

Twenty-three patients with symptomatic giant hemangioma of the liver were treated by surgery between 1979 and 1996 at the department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cukurova. Twenty-three enucleations were performed in 21 patients, left lateral segmentectomy in one patient and enucleation plus left lobectomy in one patient. The tumors were enucleated along the interface between the hemangioma and normal liver tissue.

Major hepatic resections: analysis of 51 cases.

The experience with 51 patients who underwent major hepatic resections is analyzed. The operations performed were right lobectomy (in 13 patients); partial right lobectomy (in six patients); lateral left segmentectomy (in 15 patients); and medial left segmentectomy (in one patient). Traumatic injuries determined the need for resection in 31 patients; there were nine (29%) operative deaths.