Robotic emergency liver resection of ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background: The spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a rare complication. The management of this complication needs a stepwise, multidisciplinary approach which considers first of all clinical conditions of the patient and also the possibility of the best curative treatment.

Methods: We report our experience of an emergency robotic liver resection for a ruptured HCC in an elderly patient.