Editors: Silvio Marcio Pegoraro Balzan, Vinícius Grando Gava

Principles of Hepatic Surgery

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ISBN: 978-1-68108-286-8 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-68108-285-1 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2016
DOI: 10.2174/97816810828511160101

Introduction

Principles of Hepatic Surgery introduces the reader to current trends in Liver surgery knowledge and practice. This reference book covers liver surgery fundamentals as well as cutting-edge progress in this exciting surgical specialty. Contributions have been written by expert hepatic surgeons from major medical centers around the world.

Key features include:

- Information organized into five comprehensive sections: i) Liver Anatomy and Perioperative Care, ii) Approach to Malignant Hepatic Disease, iii) Approach to Benign Hepatic Disease, iv) Technical Aspects of Liver Resections, and v) Liver Transplantation

- Over 350 illustrations

- Truly effective didactic text, with logical, clear explanations, giving readers a pleasant reading experience

- Commentary sections written by experts for specific surgical cases.

Principles of Hepatic Surgery is a valuable reference for both novice hepatologists and practicing liver surgeons.

Contributors

Editor(s):
Silvio Marcio Pegoraro Balzan


Vinícius Grando Gava




Contributor(s):
Eddie K. Abdalla, MD, FACS
Professor and Founding Chairman of Surgery, Chief of Surgical
Oncology and Hepatobiliary Surgery
Department of Surgery
Lebanese American University Medical Center - Rizk Hospital
Achrafieh, Lebanon



Rene Adam, MD, PhD
Institute National de la Santé et de la Recherce Médicale – Inserm
Paul Brousse Hospital, Centre Hépato-Biliaire, Assistance Publique
Hôpitaux de Paris
University Paris-Sud
Villejuif, France



Eloísa Amate, MD
Department of Surgery
Liver Transplantation Unit, Virgen de la Arrixaca University
Hospital
Murcia, Spain



Wellington Andraus, MD, PhD
Department of Gastroenterology
Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, School of Medicine
São Paulo, Brazil



Francesco Ardito, MD
S1 Department of Surgery
Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Catholic University of the Sacred
Heart, School of Medicine
Rome, Italy



Silvio Marcio Pegoraro Balzan, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery
Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul
Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil;
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Hospital Moinhos de Vento
Porto Alegre, Brazil


Emma Barron, BSC MB ChB
Royal Infirmary Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom



Jacques Belghiti, MD
Professor
Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver
Transplantation
Hospital Beaujon - Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris
University Paris 7
Clichy, France


Valentina Bertuzzo, MD
General Surgery and Transplant Unit
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences
University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy



Nikhil Bhagat, MD
Interventional Radiology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, USA



Luis Bredt, MD
Hospital Paul Brousse, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris,
Centre Hépato-Biliaire
Villejuif, France



Antoine Brouquet, MD
Department of Surgical Oncology
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, USA



Kristoffer Watten Brudvik, MD, PhD
Department of Surgical Oncology
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, USA



Joseph F. Buell, MD, MBA
Professor of Surgery, Director
Tulane Transplant Abdominal Institute, Tulane Medical Center
Tulane University
New Orleans, USA



Fernando Burdio, MD
Department of General and Digestive Surgery
Unitat de Cirurgia Hepato-Bilio-Pancreàtica, Hospital del Mar
Barcelona, Spain



Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery
The Dumont-University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Transplant Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, USA



Bernardo Fernandes Canedo, MD
Department of Gastroenterology
Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, School of Medicine
São Paulo, Brazil



Robert M. Cannon, MD
Department of Surgery
University of Louisville
Louisville, USA



Matteo Cescon, MD
General Surgery and Transplant Unit
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences
University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy



Michael Choti, MD, MBA
Professor and Chairman
Department of Surgery
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, USA



Gennaro Clemente, MD
S1 Department of Surgery
Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Catholic University of the Sacred
Heart, School of Medicine
Rome, Italy



Guido Costa, MD
Liver Surgery Unit
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Humanitas Cancer Center,
IRCCS
University of Milan
Milan, Italy



Ibrahim Dagher, MD, PhD
Head of Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Department of Surgery
Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud
Orsay, France



Luiz Augusto Carneiro D’Albuquerque, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Gastroenterology
Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, School of Medicine
São Paulo, Brazil



Michael D’Angelica, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, USA



Andre Ibrahim David, MD, PhD, MBA
Department of Gastroenterology
Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, School of Medicine
São Paulo, Brazil



Rouzbeh Daylami, MD
Department of Surgery
University of California Davis Medical Center, School of Medicine
Sacramento, USA



Maurício de Oliveira, MD
Department of Anesthesiology
Hospital Moinhos de Vento
Porto Alegre, Brazil



Agostino Maria de Rose, MD
S1 Department of Surgery
Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Catholic University of the Sacred
Heart, School of Medicine
Rome, Italy



Safi Dokmak, MD
Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver
Transplantation
Hospital Beaujon - Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris
University Paris 7
Clichy, France



Matteo Donadon, MD, PhD
Liver Surgery Unit, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery,
Humanitas Cancer Center, IRCCS
University of Milan.
Milan, Italy



François Durand, MD, PhD
Chief
Department of Hepatology and Liver Intensive Care, Hospital
Beaujon, University Denis Diderot, Paris VII
Clichy, France



Dominique Elias, MD, PhD
Department of Surgical Oncology
Gustave Roussy Institute
Villejuif, France



Hadj Omar El Malki, MD
Surgery Department “A”
Ibn Sina Hospital, University Mohammed Vth Souissi, School of
Medicine
Rabat, Morocco



Olivier Farges, MD, PhD
Professor of HPB Surgery
Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver
Transplantation
Hospital Beaujon - Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris
University Paris 7
Clichy, France


Ryan C. Fields, MD, FACS
Department of Surgery
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, USA



Yuman Fong, MD
Department of Surgery
City of Hope Medical Center
Duarte, USA



Claire Francoz, MD, PhD
Department of Hepatology and Liver Intensive Care
Hospital Beaujon, University Denis Diderot, Paris VII
Clichy, France



David Fuks, MD, PhD
Department of Digestive Surgery
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens
Amiens, France



James Garden, BSc, MB, ChB, MD, FRCSEd, FRCSC
(Hon) FRACS (Hon)
Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery
Department of Clinical Surgery
Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom



Vinicius Grando Gava, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Surgery
Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul
Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil;
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Hospital Moinhos de Vento
Porto Alegre, Brazil


Brice Gayet, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Digestive Diseases
Institut Mutualiste Montsouris
Paris, France



Jean-Francois H. Geschwind, MD
Chair
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, USA



Felice Giuliante, MD
S1 Department of Surgery
Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Catholic University of the Sacred
Heart, School of Medicine
Rome, Italy



Lee Grant, MBChB BA (Oxford), MRCS, FRCR
Department of Radiology
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Sutton, United Kingdom



Gian Luca Grazi, MD, PhD
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery
“Regina Elena” Cancer Institute
Rome, Italy



Julie G. Grossman, MD
Department of Surgery
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, USA



Takuya Hashimoto, MD
Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic-Transplantation Surgery
Japanese Red Cross Medical Center
Tokyo, Japan



Paulo Herman, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Liver Surgery Unit, Department of Gastroenterology
University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine
Sao Paulo, Brazil



Emir Hoti, MD, FRCS
Hospital Paul Brousse, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris,
Centre Hépato-Biliaire
Villejuif, France;
Liver Transplant Unit
Saint Vincent’s University Hospital
Dublin, Ireland


Daniel Jaeck, MD PhD FRCS
Professor Emeritus of Surgery
Centre de Chirurgie Viscérale et de Transplantation, Hôpital de
Hautepierre – Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France



Fady M. Kaldas, MD
Department of Surgery
The Dumont-University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Transplant Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, USA



Vijay P. Khatri, MB, ChB, FACS
Department of Surgery
University of California Davis Medical Center, School of Medicine,
Sacramento, USA



Dow-Mu Koh, MD, MRCP, FRCR
Department of Radiology
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Sutton, United Kingdom



Ney Fuhrmann Leal, MD
Department of Anesthesiology
Hospital Moinhos de Vento
Porto Alegre, Brazil



Hao Lei, MD
Department of Surgery
National Yang-Ming University
Taipei, Taiwan



Albert Loh, MD
Department of Diagnostic Imaging
Singapore General Hospital
Singapore, Singapore



Gustavo Felipe Luersen, MD
Department of Radiology
Hospital Moinhos de Vento
Porto Alegre, Brazil



Renato Micelli Lupinacci, MD, PhD
Liver Surgery Unit, Department of Gastroenterology
University of São Paulo School of Medicine
São Paulo, Brazil



Masatoshi Makuuchi, MD, PhD
President
Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic-Transplantation Surgery
Japanese Red Cross Medical Center
Tokyo, Japan



Kelvin K Ng, MS PhD FRCSEd (Gen)
Department of Surgery
Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China



Gennaro Nuzzo, MD
S1 Department of Surgery
Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Catholic University of the Sacred
Heart, School of Medicine
Rome, Italy



Elie Oussoultzoglou, MD
Department of Surgery
Centre de Chirurgie Viscérale et de Transplantation
Hôpital de Hautepierre – Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France



Pascual Parilla, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery
Liver Transplantation Unit, Virgen de la Arrixaca University
Hospital
Murcia, Spain



Fabiano Perdigão, MD
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation
Hospital Saint Antoine, University Rene Descartes
Paris, France



Patrick Pessaux, MD PhD
Department of Surgery
Centre de Chirurgie Viscérale et de Transplantation - Hôpital de
Hautepierre - Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France



Antonio Daniele Pinna, MD, PhD
General Surgery and Transplant Unit
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences
University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy



Pablo Ramírez, MD
Department of Surgery
Liver Transplantation Unit, Virgen de la Arrixaca University
Hospital
Murcia, Spain



Vikram Raut, MD
Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver
Transplantation, Hospital Beaujon
Clichy, France



Jean-Marc Regimbeau, MD, PhD
Department of Digestive Surgery
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens
Amiens, France



Brice Robert, MD
Department of Radiology
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens
Amiens, France



Ricardo Robles, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery
Liver Transplantation Unit, Virgen de la Arrixaca University
Hospital
Murcia, Spain



Francisco Sánchez-Bueno, MD
Department of Surgery
Liver Transplantation Unit, Virgen de la Arrixaca University
Hospital
Murcia, Spain



Olivier Scatton, MD, PhD
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation
Hospital Saint Antoine, University Rene Descartes
Paris, France



Ivana Schmidtbauer, MD
Department of Gastroenterology
Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, School of Medicine
São Paulo, Brazil



Philip D. Schneider, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery
University of California Davis Medical Center, School of Medicine
Sacramento, USA



Ailton Sepulveda, MD
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation,
Hospital Saint Antoine, University Rene Descartes
Paris, France



Amine Souadka, MD
Surgery Department “A”
Ibn Sina Hospital, University Mohammed Vth Souissi, School of
Medicine
Rabat, Morocco



Guido Torzilli, MD, PhD
Professor
Liver Surgery Unit, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery,
Humanitas Cancer Center, IRCCS
University of Milan.
Milan, Italy



Dimitrios Tzanis, MD
Department of Digestive and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Hospital Antoine Beclere
Clamart, France



Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, MD
Professor and Chief
Department of Surgical Oncology
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, USA



Valerie Vilgrain, MD
Professor of Radiology
Hospital Beaujon – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris
University Paris Denis Diderot
Paris, France



Mark G van Vledder, MD
Department of Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, USA



Hasan Yersiz, MD
Department of Surgery
The Dumont-University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Transplant Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, USA



Stéphane Zalinski, MD
Department of Digestive and Hepatobiliary Surgery
Hospital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris
University Pierre et Marie Curie
Paris, France





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