Fig. 15.1 Diagram summarizing both ALPPS stages. During first stage, right portal vein is ligated, the parenchyma is transected, and lesions in the future liver remnant are cleaned up Classical…

Fig. 2.1 Ultrasound (B-mode) of a CLM with a hypoechoic rim referred to as “halo-sign” (arrow) The use of contrast media improves the detection and characterization of hepatic lesions, and…

Fig. 22.1 Schema of lymphatic drainage of the liver. Sublobular and portal lymphatic pathway (a) and superficial pathways (b) (Source: ‘Patterns of spread of disease from the liver’, Figs. 9…

Fig. 20.1 Overall survival after liver transplantation for nonresectable CLM. The Kaplan–Meier (KM) plot shows overall survival from the time of liver transplantation (red line). Stapled lines show 95% CI…

  Number of patients Percentage (%) Malignant pathologies • Colon metastasis • Neuroendocrine metastasis • Metastasis of another origin • Hepatocellular carcinoma • Colangiocarcinoma • Vesicular cancer • Others 826 552 22 31 88 22 18 93…

Fig. 17.1 A 60-year-old man presented with a liver metastasis adjoining the right anterior branch of the portal triad. The indocyanine retention rate at 15 min was 8.5%, which indicated…

Fig. 23.1 Diagnosis of PM on computed tomography. View of an omental involvement such as enhancing nodules or omental cake Nevertheless, all of these imaging modalities strongly underestimate the real…

Inflow control In- and outflow control Non-selective Selective Non selective Selective Hepatic pedicle occlusion (Pringle maneuver) Hemihepatic (right or left; hemi-Pringle) or segmental vascular occlusion Total hepatic vascular exclusion Selective…

Fig. 4.1 CT-scan of a 38-year-old female patient with synchronous hepatic metastases from a rectosigmoid carcinoma before (left) and after (right) FOLFIRI/cetuximab chemotherapy showing a partial radiologic response Taking into…

Fig. 24.1 Abdominal and pelvic multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in a patient with a large colonic tumor (asterisk), which involves duodenum and pancreas (white arrow) and segment VI of the…