© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Eduardo de Santibañes, Victoria Ardiles, Fernando A. Alvarez, Virginia Cano Busnelli and Martin de Santibañes (eds.)Extreme Hepatic Surgery and Other Strategieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13896-1_26 26. Improving Quality of Life in Patients with Unresectable Disease Mariela Bertolino1 , Noemí Díaz1…
Fig. 5.1 Monosegment associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS). Only segment 2 (S2) was left as future liver remnant after a right trisectionectomy and anatomical…
Agent Half-life (min) Fold increase in hepatic concentration Bis-chloroethyl-nitrosurea 5 6–7 Cisplatin 20–30 4–7 Dichloromethotrexate – 6–8 Doxorubicin 60 2 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) 10 5–10 Floxuridine (FUDR) 10 100–400 Mitomycin C…
Fig. 3.1 Preoperative hepatobiliary scintigraphy in a 56-year-old male patient with a large resectable HCC in the right liver segments. Summed dynamic scintigraphy (a) showing hypertrophy and function of the…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Eduardo de Santibañes, Victoria Ardiles, Fernando A. Alvarez, Virginia Cano Busnelli and Martin de Santibañes (eds.)Extreme Hepatic Surgery and Other Strategieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13896-1_6 6. Conversion and Neoadjuvant Therapies Jorge Pablo Grondona1 (1) Department of Surgery, Sanatorio San…
Fig. 34.1 Colonic telangiectasia. Endoscopic views before and after argon plasma therapy Hemangiomas and vascular malformations (Figs. 34.2, 34.3, and 34.4): GI hemangiomas are uncommon benign vascular tumors. They may…
Fig. 15.1 “Fat creeping” phenomenon (arrow) in the small bowel in a patient with Crohn’s disease Aphthoid lesions, fissural ulcerations, cobblestone pattern Fistula Rectum is typically spared Perianal lesions Microscopic…
Fig. 6.1 Abscess classification Ischioanal: Abscesses located in ischioanal fat are bordered by the sphincter muscles medially by the levator ani in the cranial aspect, and by the ischial bone…
Gastrointestinal Diarrhea usually mixed with blood, with or without mucus Frequency Constipation in some cases of severe proctitis Urgency Tenesmus Incontinence Abdominal pain Systemic Tiredness Weight loss Fever Anorexia Extraintestinal…
Fig. 38.1 Nomenclature regarding abdominal wall defects remains vague. Is this patient due to have an incisional hernia repair or a complex abdominal wall reconstruction? Recent attempts have been made…
