Use of intercostal trocars for laparoscopic resection of subphrenic hepatic tumors.
Hirofumi IchidaTakeaki IshizawaMasayuki TanakaMuga TerasawaGenki WatanabeYoshinori TakedaRyota MatsukiMasaru MatsumuraTaigo HataYoshinori MiseYosuke InoueYu TakahashiAkio SaiuraPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2016)
Use of intercostal transthoracic trocars is safe and effective not only for complicated laparoscopic hepatectomy but also for hemispherical wedge resections of subcapsular hepatic tumors located in segment VII or VIII.