Abstract
Resection is the only curative treatment option for primary and secondary malignant tumors of the liver. Although curative resection is associated with long-term survival rates, it can only be performed in 10% of patients with primary tumors and 25% of patients with liver metastases. Liver insufficiency is one of the most serious postoperative complications of patients undergoing extensive liver resections. When total liver resection is necessary liver transplant is mandatory, with the burden of long-term immunosuppression and its complications. Among several different strategies to increase the resectability of liver tumors, portal vein occlusion (embolization or ligature), bilateral tumor resection in two stages, and resection combined with loco regional therapy are the most popular. A new strategy for patients with marginally resectable liver tumors previously considered to be unresectable was formally reported by Baumgart et al. in 2011, originally developed by Hans Schlitt in 2007. This technique consists of a two-staged hepatectomy with initial portal vein ligation and in situ splitting of the liver parenchyma, and it is known as ALPPS (associating liver partition with portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy). The aim...Continue Reading
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