TY - JOUR T1 - Usefulness of a Transumbilical Incision for Organ Removal in Laparoscopic Hepatectomy JF - Anticancer Research JO - Anticancer Res SP - 6545 LP - 6550 DO - 10.21873/anticanres.14679 VL - 40 IS - 11 AU - KODAI TOMIOKA AU - TAKESHI AOKI AU - KAZUHIRO MATSUDA AU - AKIRA FUJIMORI AU - TOMOTAKE KOIZUMI AU - TOMOKAZU KUSANO AU - KOJI NOGAKI AU - YOSHIHIKO TASHIRO AU - YUSUKE WADA AU - TOMOKI HAKOZAKI AU - HIDEKI SHIBATA AU - TAKAHITO HIRAI AU - TATSUYA YAMAZAKI AU - KAZUHIKO SAITO AU - YUTA ENAMI AU - MASAHIKO MURAKAMI Y1 - 2020/11/01 UR - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/40/11/6545.abstract N2 - Background/Aim: To evaluate the complication rates and risk factors associated with transumbilical wounds and investigate the usefulness of an incision for organ removal in laparoscopic hepatectomy (Lap-H). Patients and Methods: We enrolled 42 patients who underwent Lap-H excluding a small partial resection in our hospital between 2013 and 2018. The occurrences of superficial surgical site infection (SSI) and transumbilical port-site incisional hernia were recorded. Results: SSI was not observed, and hernia occurred in 3 patients (7.14%). Univariate analysis revealed that body mass index (BMI) (p=0.004) was significantly associated with the risk of hernia formation. Conclusion: High BMI is a risk factor for hernia formation in patients undergoing Lap-H with transumbilical incision; hence, wound closure should be performed carefully. The construction of the transumbilical wound for organ removal was feasible with rationality, with no need to create a new wound. ER -