Results of 22 laparoscopic liver resections in children (authors’ results)

 Laparoscopic liver operations are currently one of the actively developing areas of surgery. The good results of the first laparoscopic operations on the liver, more often with its cystic lesions, inspired a certain optimism and served as a reason for the development of this direction of endoscopic surgery. The combination of the experience of surgical interventions and the  chievements of instrumental and technical progress made it possible to significantly  expand the possibilities of laparoscopic surgery in the treatment of patients with solid liver lesions. Such operations with a small size of focal formation,  meeting all the requirements of radical surgery, as a rule, are accompanied by an uncomplicated course of the postoperative period and are extremely  tempting to perform laparoscopic access. 
Thus, an increase in the efficiency of surgical treatment of patients with focal liver formations, due to the use of minimally invasive access, dictates the need for further scientific and clinical resolution of issues related to the  conditions under which laparoscopic liver resection is possible, indications and contraindications, as well as technical aspects. 

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