ALPPS: Challenging the concept of unresectability - A systematic review

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue , 2015, Pages 280-287

  Bertens, Kimberly A ^a   Hawel, Jeffrey ^a   Lung, Kalvin ^a   Buac, Suzana ^a   Pineda Solis, Karen ^a,b   Hernandez Alejandro, Roberto ^a,b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

ALPPS; Hepatectomy; In situ split; Portal vein occlusion; Two stage hepatectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATING LIVER PARTITION AND PORTAL VEIN LIGATION FOR STAGED HEPATECTOMY; BILE DUCT LIGATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEPATOJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TOURNIQUET; LIVER TUMOR; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON TOUCH TECHNIQUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PRESERVATION OF THE MIDDLE HEPATIC VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIO FREQUENCY ASSISTED LIVER PARTITION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VEIN LIGATION; HYPERTROPHY; LIGATION; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; PROCEDURES; VASCULAR SURGERY;

HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LIGATION; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER REGENERATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTAL VEIN; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84921481513     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.12.008     Document Type: Article

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