%0 Journal Article
%T A totally laparoscopic associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy assisted with radiofrequency (radiofrequency assisted liver partition with portal vein ligation) for staged liver resection
%A Ana Fajardo
%A David N. Hakim
%A Long R. Jiao
%A Mikael H. Sodergren
%A Ruifang Fan
%A Tamara M. H. Gall
%A Tim D. Pencavel
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2016
%X Liver resection remains the gold standard treatment modality for patients suffering from primary or secondary liver tumours. It is the only option that offers the possibility of long-term survival (1). Almost half of resectable cases require an extended hepatectomy to obtain a negative resection margin, a key determinant for long-term survival (2). However, the future liver remnant (FLR) of the liver must make up at least 25% of the total liver volume (3) and thus only 10¨C20% of patients are suitable for this surgery (4). In order to increase the FLR size prior to surgical resection, a number of techniques have been implemented by clinicians. This has resulted in an increase in candidates for hepatic resection (5) and a reduced risk of postoperative liver failure after major hepatectomy (6)
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