Surgical outcomes of isolated caudate lobe resection: A single series of 19 patients

Isolated caudate lobe resection is a complex surgical procedure that requires technical expertise and knowledge of the surgical anatomy.All consecutive patients who were operated on for isolated caudate lobe resections by the senior author were studied. En bloc resections with adjacent hepatic parenchyma (as part of extended hepatectomies) or partial resections of the caudate lobe were excluded. Follow-up was completed by outpatient evaluation...