PurposePancreatectomy can impair production of endocrine and exocrine hormones. In this study, we evaluated: 1) the incidence rate of diabetes in patients undergoing distal pancreatectomy; 2) the correlation between the occurrence of pancreatic diabetes and the extent of the resected pancreas; and 3) factors associated with the development of pancreatic diabetes.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed the cases of 26 patients who could be compared in abdominal computed tomography before and after distal pancreatectomy for benign or malignant lesions between January, 1999 to June, 2010.ResultsThe incidence of pancreatic diabetes was 19.2%. Obese patients (BMI>25.0 kg/m2) had a higher incidence (p=0.029) of pancreatic diabetes after distal pancreatectomy than non-obese patients. The diabetes group had larger volumes of resected pancreas, but the difference was not statistically significant (p=0.105).ConclusionSeveral factors may be associated with the development of pancreatic diabetes after distal pancreatectomy. It is necessary to closely follow-up development of pancreatic diabetes regardless of the extent of resection.

Purpose:Recently, there have been several studies on the early results of hepatectomy for various intrahepatic lesions. We report the early experience of our hospital after total laparoscopic left hepatectomy in patients with intrahepatic stones in the left hemi-liver. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of patients who were diagnosed with left intrahepatic stones and underwent hepatectomy between January 2007 and June 2009. The patients were grouped according to operative procedure into open hepatectomy, laparoscopy-assisted hepatectomy, and total laparoscopic hepatectomy. Results: There were 31 patients who underwent Lt hemihepatectomy and Lt lateral sectionectomy during this period. Hepatectomy with open method, laparoscopy-assisted method, and total laparoscopy method were performed in 10, 14, and 7 cases. There were no significant differences between the three methods for operating time and postoperative complications. But the number of fasting times and hospital days was shorter with total laparoscopic hepatectomy than with others. Conclusion: Total laparoscopic liver resection is a safe and useful method for treating patients with intrahepatic stones and offers the advantage of quick patient recovery. Careful selection of appropriate patients and further development in the laparoscopic surgical technique resulting from accumulated experiences will help enable the laparoscopic hepatectomy to be performed more easily and safely in patients with intrahepatic stones. (J Korean Surg Soc 2010;78:35-40)

Purpose: With the advancement of laparoscopic instruments and accumulation of surgical technique, laparoscopic liver resection is currently performed for various benign and malignant liver diseases. However, controversies still remain over laparoscopic liver resection for malignant liver diseases including HCC and its oncologic safety is yet to be established. This study aims at determining the safety, feasibility and short-term oncologic outcomes of laparoscopic liver resection performed for HCC. Methods: From July 2008 to March 2010, laparoscopic liver resection was performed at our hospital on a total of 45 patients with various benign and malignant liver diseases. Among these 45 patients, 16 patients diagnosed with HCC were reviewed retrospectively. Results: The mean age of the patients was 59.25, comprising 11 male patients (68.8%) and 5 female patients (31.2%). The location of tumor was left lateral in 7 cases, 4 cases in segment 6, 2 cases in segment 7, 2 cases in segment 5, 1 case in segment 4 and 1 case in caudate lobe. Wedge resection was performed in 11 cases, left hemi hepatectomy in 2 cases, left lateral sectionectomy in 2 cases, caudate lobectomy in 1 case. The mean operative time was 248.75 minutes. The mean hospital stay was 13.8 days, and there were no post-operative recurrences during the post-operative follow-up period.