Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most frequent primary liver malignancy and the third
cause of cancer-related death in the Western Countries. The well-established causes of …

Liver resection is the standard curative treatment for liver cancer. Advances in surgical
techniques over the last 30 years, including the preoperative assessment of the future liver …

Background Despite improvements in diagnostic and surgical techniques, operative
mortality associated with liver resection is still greater than 2% in most of the recent studies …

Methods An analysis of articles reporting short-term outcomes after pancreatectomy,
esophagectomy, and hepatectomy was performed. Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) …

Objective: To assess the trends in perioperative outcome of hepatectomy for hepatobiliary
diseases. Methods: Data of 1222 consecutive patients who underwent hepatectomy for …

Objective: To assess the effects of preoperative systemic chemotherapy on remnant liver
parenchyma, liver function, and morbidity after major liver resection for colorectal liver …

Objective To determine if transfusion affected perioperative and long-term outcome in
patients undergoing liver resection for metastatic colorectal cancer. Summary Background …

Objective The authors report on the surgical techniques and protocol for perioperative care
that have yielded a zero hospital mortality rate in 110 consecutive patients undergoing …

Results from the first study of isolated-photon+ jet correlations in relativistic heavy ion
collisions are reported. The analysis uses data from PbPb collisions at a centre-of-mass …

Objective: To assess clinical benefit of portal vein embolization (PVE) before extended,
complex hepatectomy for biliary cancer. Summary Background Data: Many investigators …