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A case of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in which the patient repeatedly underwent minimally invasive hepatic procedures is reported. The patient was a 71-year-old man who underwent transthoracic microwave coagulation therapy (MCT) for initial HCC nodules in segment VIII and subsequent laparoscopic MCT for small intrahepatic recurrent nodules in the left hepatic lobe. At this writing, the patient was alive and well without tumor recurrence 29 months after the initial surgery. Minimally invasive hepatic surgery alleviates perihepatic adhesion and allows subsequent laparoscopic surgery in the case of intrahepatic HCC recurrence.
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Received: 15 September 1998/Accepted: 22 January 1999
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Sato, M., Watanabe, Y., Tokui, K. et al. A case of recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma treated with laparoscopic microwave coagulation therapy after minimally invasive hepatic surgery. Surg Endosc 13, 1151–1153 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004649901193
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004649901193