Role of staging laparoscopy in the treatment of hepatic malignancy

ABSTRACT

The present study evaluated the use of laparoscopy in the staging of hepatic malignancy. Twenty patients have underwent staging laparoscopy prior to a planned laparotomy for resection of a hepatic malignancy that was deemed resectable by computed axial tomographic scan and ultrasonography. Patients who underwent laparoscopy alone had shorter mean hospital stay than historical controls who underwent laparotomy alone. It has been concluded that diagnostic laparoscopy should precede laparotomy for planned resection of hepatic malignancies