Laparoscopic liver surgery. Analysis of a series of 61 patients.

Aim: The aim of this paper was to analyze the experience in laparoscopic liver surgery in the Department of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation of the Fundeni Clinical Institute in a six-year interval (1998-2004).

Method: Sixty-one patients underwent laparoscopic liver surgery in the Department during this period. There were 30 patients with cystic lesions (essential cysts 9, multiple cystic liver disease 2, hydatid cysts 19), 31 patients with solid lesions (hemangiomas 9, benign tumors 3, metastases 6 and primary liver malignancies 13).