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Surgical Glove Technique for Laparoscopic Liver Resection

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Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Abstract

Background

Liver tumors located in segments 7 and 8 pose a technical challenge to standard laparoscopic liver resection. Intraoperative placement of a surgical glove behind the right liver after the right triangular ligament and coronary ligament are divided facilitates liver exposure during parenchymal transection and control of the bleeding at the deeper part of the parenchymal plane. The aim of this study was to describe our standardized technique in detail and to assess the feasibility of this technique in patients with different clinical backgrounds and clarify the limits of this technique.

Methods

Medical records of 20 consecutive patients considered for laparoscopic liver resection using the surgical glove technique were reviewed.

Results

All patients had malignant disease and the vast majority of patients had colorectal metastatic tumors. Overall, 65% of patients had tumors located in segment 8. Placing the surgical water glove could be achieved without complication in all 20 patients. One surgical glove was used in this series (usually size 6.5 to 7.5 is an adequate size). Time for preparing the surgical green water glove was estimated to be less than 1 min. The mean duration of operation ranged from 136 to 332 min (median, 240 min). Intermittent Pringle’s maneuver was applied in all patients with a median time of 33 min. No additional intercostal trocars were required. There was no intraoperative blood transfusion or conversion to open surgery. The median maximum size of the tumor was 23 mm. There was no operative mortality. Overall morbidity was 30%. Surgical margins were negative in 80% of patients.

Conclusions

The surgical glove technique is easy, reproducible, effective, and safe and can be applied to both laparoscopic and robotic liver resection.

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  1. Department of Digestive, Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation, AP-HP Pitié-Salpêtriere, Paris, France

    Martin Tabath, Chetana Lim, Claire Goumard & Olivier Scatton

  2. Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

    Claire Goumard & Olivier Scatton

  3. Centre de Recherche de Saint-Antoine (CRSA), INSERM, UMRS-938, Paris, France

    Claire Goumard & Olivier Scatton

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Study conception and design: Tabath, Lim, Goumard, and Scatton

Acquisition of data: Tabath, Lim, Goumard, and Scatton

Analysis and interpretation of data: Tabath, Lim, Goumard, and Scatton

Drafting of manuscript: Tabath, Lim, Goumard, and Scatton

Critical revision: Tabath, Lim, Goumard, and Scatton

Final approval of the article: Tabath, Lim, Goumard, and Scatton

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Tabath, M., Lim, C., Goumard, C. et al. Surgical Glove Technique for Laparoscopic Liver Resection. J Gastrointest Surg 24, 1912–1919 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-020-04577-8

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