Three-dimensional liver model based on preoperative CT images as a tool to assist in surgical planning for hepatoblastoma in a child

Ryota Souzaki; Yoshiaki Kinoshita; Satoshi Ieiri; Makoto Hayashida; Yuhki Koga; Ken Shirabe; Toshiro Hara; Yoshihiko Maehara; Makoto Hashizume; Tomoaki Taguchi

doi:10.1007/s00383-015-3709-9

Three-dimensional liver model based on preoperative CT images as a tool to assist in surgical planning for hepatoblastoma in a child

Pediatr Surg Int. 2015 Jun;31(6):593-6. doi: 10.1007/s00383-015-3709-9. Epub 2015 Apr 18.

Authors

Ryota Souzaki¹, Yoshiaki Kinoshita, Satoshi Ieiri, Makoto Hayashida, Yuhki Koga, Ken Shirabe, Toshiro Hara, Yoshihiko Maehara, Makoto Hashizume, Tomoaki Taguchi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan, ryotas@pedsurg.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp.

PMID: 25895074
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-015-3709-9

Abstract

The patient is a 3-year-old female diagnosed with PRETEXT IV hepatoblastoma (HB). Although the tumor was decreased after the neoadjuvant chemotherapy, HB still located at the porta hepatis. The patient underwent extended left lobectomy successfully after surgical simulation using three-dimensional (3D) printing liver model based on preoperative CT.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Female
Hepatectomy
Hepatoblastoma / diagnostic imaging*
Hepatoblastoma / surgery*
Humans
Liver / diagnostic imaging
Liver / surgery
Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
Models, Biological*
Preoperative Care / methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*