Robotic-assisted minimally invasive liver resection
Background: Minimally invasive liver resection is feasible for select patients. The flexibility of robotic surgical instruments improves the possibility of minimally invasive liver resection, even in challenging major liver resection.
Yao-Ming Wu +3 more
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Liver resection for non-colorectal, non-carcinoid, non-sarcoma metastases: a multicenter study. [PDF]
The role of liver resection for non-colorectal, non-neuroendocrine, non-sarcoma (NCNNNS) metastases is ill-defined. This study aimed to examine the oncologic outcomes of liver resection in such patients.A retrospective analysis of liver resection for ...
Guillaume Martel +6 more
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Early increases in plasminogen activator activity following partial hepatectomy in humans [PDF]
Background Increases in urokinase-like plasminogen activator (uPA) activity are reported to be amongst the earliest events occurring in remnant liver following partial hepatectomy in rats, and have been proposed as a key component of the regenerative ...
Bird, N.C. +3 more
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Laparoscopy in liver transplantation: The future has arrived [PDF]
In the last two decades, laparoscopy has revolutionized the field of surgery. Many procedures previously performed with an open access are now routinely carried out with the laparoscopic approach.
Berloco, Pasquale Bartolomeo +9 more
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Background Liver metastases from breast cancer are associated with poor prognosis, and treatment options are usually restricted to palliative systemic therapy. The impact of liver resection on metastasis remains controversial. The aim of this study is to
Pin-Chun Chen +5 more
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Simultaneous laparoscopic liver resection: a single-center experience
Background: About 15 to 25% of colorectal cancer patients have synchronous liver metastasis at diagnosis. In the recent years, the strategy of simultaneous removal of colorectal cancer and liver metastases has been preferred.
G. G. Akhaladze +7 more
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Resection of the liver for colorectal carcinoma metastases - A multi-institutional study of long-term survivors [PDF]
In this review of a collected series of patients undergoing hepatic resection for colorectal metastases, 100 patients were found to have survived greater than five years from the time of resection. Of these 100 long-term survivors, 71 remain disease-free
Abrams, J +49 more
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Systematic failure to operate on colorectal cancer liver metastases in California
Background Despite evidence that liver resection improves survival in patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases (CRCLM) and may be potentially curative, there are no population‐level data examining utilization and predictors of liver resection in ...
Mustafa Raoof +9 more
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Estradiol and testosterone levels in patients undergoing partial hepatectomy - A possible signal for hepatic regeneration? [PDF]
In five adult male patients undergoing a 40-60% partial hepatectomy, serum sex hormone levels before and after hepatic resection were determined. Blood was drawn immediately prior to each surgical procedure and at specified time points postoperatively ...
A Francavilla +34 more
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Hepatic resection for isolated stomach cancer liver metastases: A single-center experience [PDF]
Purpose The objective of this study was to investigate the outcomes of selected patients with stomach cancer liver metastasis (SCLM) without extrahepatic metastases after hepatic resection.
Hyunyou Kim, Hyung-Il Seo
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