Open AccessHepatic Vein Reconstruction for Resection of Hepatic Tumors
Author(s) -
Alan W. Hemming,
Alan Reed,
Max R. Langham,
Shiro Fujita,
Willem J. Van der Werf,
Richard J. Howard
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200206000-00013
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatoblastoma , contraindication , liver transplantation , vein , inferior vena cava , perioperative , hepatocellular carcinoma , surgery , cirrhosis , hepatectomy , radiology , transplantation , resection , pathology , alternative medicine
Involvement of the hepatic veins requiring reconstruction has traditionally been considered a contraindication to resection for advanced tumors of the liver because the surgical risks are high and the long-term prognosis poor. Recent advances in liver surgery gleaned from split and live donor liver transplantation that necessitate hepatic vein reconstruction can be applied to hepatic resection in some cases.