Surgical resection is the only potentially curative treatment for patients with
cholangiocarcinoma. For both perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (pCCA) and intrahepatic …

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a heterogeneous group of neoplasms of the bile ducts and
represents the second most common hepatic cancer after hepatocellular carcinoma; it is sub …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a heterogeneous disorder. The goals of this review are (1) To stimulate
use of standardized nomenclature for OA that could serve as building blocks for describing …

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers in the world. About two third of
patients with CRC will develop distant recurrence at some point in time. Liver is the most …

Background: Liver resection represents the first choice of treatment for primary and
secondary liver malignancies, offering the patient the best chance of long-term survival. The …

Objective: To review the literature on the most clinically relevant and novel liver function
tests used for the assessment of hepatic function before liver surgery. Background …

Objective (s): This study aimed to determine the effect of preoperative liver volumetry on
postoperative outcomes after extended right hepatectomy. Primary end point was to …

BACKGROUND: To establish a reliable definition of postoperative hepatic insufficiency (PHI)
in noncirrhotic patients undergoing major hepatectomy. No standard definition of PHI has …

1The University of Texas M. D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX USA 2Centre Hepato-
Biliaire, Hoˆpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France 3John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa …

Hepatobiliary cancers are highly lethal. In 2008, approximately 21,370 persons in the United
States were estimated to be diagnosed with liver or intrahepatic bile duct cancer and 9520 …