Surgical benefits of liver hanging maneuver for hepatectomy of huge liver tumor

In hepatic surgery, it is very important to control bleeding during liver resection. However, in hepatectomy for a huge liver tumor it is often difficult to reduce bleeding volume and maintain an excellent surgical view. The anterior pproach, which is hepatectomy done using the liver hanging maneuver, has beneficial effects reducing bleeding volume and preventing scattering of cancer cells from huge liver tumors. W e investigated the surgical benefits of the liver anging maneuver during hepatectomy for huge liver tumors in our department.?departmental bulletin pape