Liver Resection Using Saline-Linked Radiofrequency Technology in an Infant with Congenital Hepatoblastoma

Torino, Giovanni; Ilari, Michele; Bindi, Edoardo; Mariscoli, Francesca; Cobellis, Giovanni

doi:10.3390/children9030418

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Liver Resection Using Saline-Linked Radiofrequency Technology in an Infant with Congenital Hepatoblastoma

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Giovanni Torino

^1,2,

Michele Ilari

¹,

Edoardo Bindi

^1,*

,

Francesca Mariscoli

¹ and

Giovanni Cobellis

^1,2

¹

Pediatric Surgery Unit, Salesi Children’s Hospital, 60123 Ancona, Italy

²

Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University Politecnica of Marche, Via Tronto, 10/a, 60126 Ancona, Italy

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Children 2022, 9(3), 418; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030418

Submission received: 3 February 2022 / Revised: 22 February 2022 / Accepted: 25 February 2022 / Published: 15 March 2022

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Surgical Management for Children with Primary Liver Tumors)

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We herein report a case of giant congenital hepatoblastoma in a 3-month-old male treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and hepatic resection. After considerable reduction of the tumor with chemotherapy, a right bloodless hemihepatectomy using saline-linked radiofrequency technology (SLRT) and without clamping of the hepatic pedicle was performed. Intraoperative blood loss was minimal, and consequently, no blood transfusions were required. The surgery lasted 140 min, and SLRT was used for a total of 60 min. No complications were observed during or after the surgery. In conclusion, congenital hepatoblastoma is a very rare cancer for which surgery is an essential therapeutic step, and in our presented case, we showed that SLRT allowed for a safe and effective bloodless liver resection.

Keywords: transcollation; floating ball; dissecting sealer; bloodless resection; pediatric age

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Torino, G.; Ilari, M.; Bindi, E.; Mariscoli, F.; Cobellis, G. Liver Resection Using Saline-Linked Radiofrequency Technology in an Infant with Congenital Hepatoblastoma. Children 2022, 9, 418. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030418

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Torino G, Ilari M, Bindi E, Mariscoli F, Cobellis G. Liver Resection Using Saline-Linked Radiofrequency Technology in an Infant with Congenital Hepatoblastoma. Children. 2022; 9(3):418. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030418

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Torino, Giovanni, Michele Ilari, Edoardo Bindi, Francesca Mariscoli, and Giovanni Cobellis. 2022. "Liver Resection Using Saline-Linked Radiofrequency Technology in an Infant with Congenital Hepatoblastoma" Children 9, no. 3: 418. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030418

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Torino, G., Ilari, M., Bindi, E., Mariscoli, F., & Cobellis, G. (2022). Liver Resection Using Saline-Linked Radiofrequency Technology in an Infant with Congenital Hepatoblastoma. Children, 9(3), 418. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030418

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