The caudate lobe, because of its location and its highly unpredictable vascular anatomy, is one of the most surgical challenging segment of the liver. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) of the caudate lobe in cirrhotic patients is not easily amenable to surgical resection. In order to treat HCC and to down-stage these patients within accepted criteria for liver transplantation (LT), laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation (RFA) can be performed.
Laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation in the caudate lobe for hepatocellular carcinoma before liver transplantation / Di Benedetto, Fabrizio; Tarantino, Giuseppe; Montalti, Roberto; Ballarin, Roberto; D'Amico, Giuseppe; Di Sandro, Stefano; Gerunda, Giorgio E. - In: JOURNAL OF LAPAROENDOSCOPIC & ADVANCED SURGICAL TECHNIQUES. - ISSN 1092-6429. - 22:4(2012), p. 400-2. [10.1089/lap.2011.0510]
Laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation in the caudate lobe for hepatocellular carcinoma before liver transplantation
Montalti, Roberto;
2012
Abstract
The caudate lobe, because of its location and its highly unpredictable vascular anatomy, is one of the most surgical challenging segment of the liver. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) of the caudate lobe in cirrhotic patients is not easily amenable to surgical resection. In order to treat HCC and to down-stage these patients within accepted criteria for liver transplantation (LT), laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation (RFA) can be performed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
