Ann Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg.  2018 May;22(2):101-104. 10.14701/ahbps.2018.22.2.101.

Extracapsular excision of hepatic hemangioma: A single centre experience

• Kanetkar A
• Garg S
• Patkar S
• Shinde RS
• Goel M

• KMID: 2412424
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14701/ahbps.2018.22.2.101

Abstract

BACKGROUNDS/AIMS
Hepatic hemangioma is a common non-epithelial neoplasm of the liver. Presence of symptoms and uncertainty in diagnosis are the most common indications for surgery.
METHODS
Eighteen patients with hepatic hemangioma, operated on from January 2011 to December 2016 at the Hepato-pancreato-biliary surgical unit of Tata Memorial Hospital, were retrospectively analyzed.
RESULTS
Main indications for operation were presence of symptoms, the most common being pain and diagnostic uncertainty. The median size of hemangioma was 9.9 cm (range 3.2 to 24 cm). All patients underwent extra-capsular excision of hemangioma. The median operating time was 180 minutes (range 75 to 460 minutes) and median blood loss was 950 ml (range 100 to 3,500 ml). Median post-operative stay was 5.5 days (range 3 to 10 days). One (5.6%) patient required re-exploration for post-operative hemorrhage, Clavien Dindo (CD) grade IIIb, and one (5.6%) had postoperative purulent intra-abdominal collection requiring percutaneous cutaneous drainage CD grade IIIa. There was no postoperative mortality. Postoperative day 3 liver function tests were within normal limits. Size of the tumor did not correlate significantly with postoperative complications (p=0.135).
CONCLUSIONS
Surgical treatment of hemangioma should be guided by presence of symptoms or by the presence of diagnostic uncertainty, not by size alone. The size had no correlation with perioperative complications. The technique of extra-capsular excision is safe and technically feasible in most of the hemangiomas. This technique preserves maximum liver parenchyma, resulting in early postoperative recovery with minimal morbidity.

Keyword

Hemangioma; Extra capsular excision

MeSH Terms

Diagnosis
Drainage
Hemangioma*
Hemorrhage
Humans
Liver
Liver Function Tests
Mortality
Postoperative Complications
Retrospective Studies
Uncertainty

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Intraoperative photograph showing the right lobe with hemangioma.

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  Fig. 2 Intraoperative photograph showing developing of the extracapsular plane for excision.

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