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GONZALEZ VILLALONGA, Jesús Antonio; NENINGER VINAGERAS, Elia; PARRILLA DELGADO, María  e  VALLEJO WITOSKA, René. ¿Es racional y vale la pena operar hígados metastásicos: Experiencia en 20 operaciones. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 1996, vol.35, n.1. ISSN 0034-7493.

An analysis was carried out on 20 operations in 17 patients that showed metastatic liver: 13 females and 7 males. Sixty percent of the metastasis corresponded to colorectal cancer. The 35 % of the major resections is pointed out. There were two surgical accidents. Postoperative complications occured in four operations. There was no mortality. A follow up of the 45 % of the operated patients was achieved, and also a survival of 3 to 36 months

Palavras-chave : LIVER NEOPLASMS [secondary]; LIVER NEOPLASMS [surgery]; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS.