[Our experience with nonanatomical liver resections]

The current status of the problem of nonanatomical liver resections is presented. Some characteristics of the technique applied in them are recorded and the indications for application of the operative technique are specified. Personal five-year experience (1983-1988) with 21 nonanatomical liver resections, applied in gall bladder cancer (4 patients), metastatic tumors (8 patients), high-grade biliary obstruction (7 patients), hemangioma (1 patient) and multiple echinococcosis (1 patient). The early postoperative results were very good, with early postoperative death of one patient. On the basis of these results, the authors advise extension of the indications for application of nonanatomical liver resections.