First elective liver resection in New Zealand?

From scratch: developing a hepatic resection service for metastatic colorectal cancer

“…In contrast, the routine utilization of hepatic resection in the management of patients with liver metastases has been recent. The first liver resection for metastatic colorectal cancer was performed in New Zealand in 1974, and occasional resections were performed subsequently . However, it was not until the late 1990s that the procedure came to be viewed as part of the standard of care.…”