[Role and technical aspects of surgery for liver metastases from urological malignancies]

The liver is the third localisation of metastatic urological tumours after the bone and the lungs. Most frequently, it occurs as a multimetastatic disease for which surgery is not feasible. Nevertheless, when the metastasis is unique and when resection can be complete, it can be proposed if the localisation and the global prognosis permit. Recent therapeutic progress, including new improved drugs, progress in surgical procedures and the multisciplinary approach, lead to propose tumorectomy or hepatectomy for a few selected patients with hepatic metastasis from urological tumours.