A Deterioration in liver function tests with no modifications needed in the clinical management of the patient B Deviation from expected post-operative course without requirement for invasive procedures C Multi-system…
Fig. 18.1 Computerized tomography of a large cholangiocarcinoma of the right lobe invading the takeoff of the left portal vein (a) and inferior vena cava (b) The confirmation of these…
Year Author Ref. n Period 5-Year survival Risk factorsa 2002 Saito 29 165 1990–2000 40 CEA, N+ 2003 Pfannschmidt 30 167 1985–2000 32 CEA, number, N+ 2007 Welter 31 175…
Fig. 9.1 Fifty-two-year-old male with recurrent CLM in the left lobe (liver resection was performed 4 years earlier) with liver progression despite three lines of chemotherapy. (a) Gadolinium-enhanced MRI. (b)…
Fig. 13.1 Indication of two-stage hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastases at Paul Brousse Hospital. (a) When the multinodular tumors are distributed unilobar and thought to be unresectable because of small…
© 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…
