Liver resections are high risk procedures performed by experienced surgeons. The role of
liver resection in malignant disease has changed over the last 100 years with great …

Background: A recent proposal of a randomized trial comparing resection and
radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in a selected subgroup of patients with small resectable …

Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most common malignant tumour and the third
leading cause of cancer deaths in USA. For advanced CRC, the liver is the first site of …

Background Blood loss during elective liver resection is one of the main factors affecting the
surgical outcome. Different parenchymal transection techniques have been suggested to …

Background Liver resection is a major surgery with significant mortality and morbidity.
Specialists have tested various methods in attempts to limit blood loss, transfusion …

Background: Liver resection remains the mainstay of curative treatment for liver
malignancies. A variety of preoperative assessments and surgical techniques have …

Background After introduction of the clamp-crushing technique in the 1970s, various devices
have been developed for transection of the liver with the aim of further reducing blood loss …

Current options for the treatment of the early-stage HCC conforming to the Milan criteria
consist of liver transplantation, hepatic resection (HR), transcatheter arterial …

Background Different techniques of liver parenchymal transection have been described,
including the finger fracture, sharp dissection, clamp–crush methods and, more recently, the …

Background Various devices have been developed to facilitate liver transection and reduce
blood loss in liver resections. None of these has proven superiority compared with the …