To investigate the application value and safety of bipolar radiofrequency device Habib 4X in hepatic resection.

Clinical data of 84 patients received hepatic resection for liver diseases using Habib 4X at the First People’s Hospital of Kunming from November 2009 to November 2011 were studied retrospectively. There were 55 males and 29 females with age ranging from 28 to 70 years old and a median age of 46 years old. The informed consents of all patients were obtained and the ethical committee approval was received. All the patients received hepatic resection with the application of Habib 4X. Sixteen cases received left liver resection, 18 cases received left lateral lobectomy, 12 cases received right liver resection, 18 cases received combined resection of 1, 2 or 3 segments of right liver, and 20 cases received liver partial resection. The time of hepatectomy, the amount of introperative bleeding, perioperative complications and mortality were observed.

All operations using Habib 4X were successfully performed in 84 cases. The time of liver resection was from 10 to 48 min with the median time of 29 min. The amount of bleeding in the operation was from 100 to 900 ml with the median amount of 320 ml. No perioperative death was observed and no case needed surgical intensive care and no complications such as massive hemorrhage, liver failure, bile leakage, abdominal infection, lymphatic leakage occurred. Encapsulated effusion was observed in 10 cases and moderate to high hydrothorax was observed in 10 cases and all were cured by effective symptomatic treatments.

It is safe and effective to apply Habib 4X in the liver resection.