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Extreme Hepatic Surgery and Other Strategies : Increasing Resectability in Colorectal Liver Metastases /

This book describes the diagnoses; staging and management of patients with colorectal liver metastases initially considered unresectable and portrays the different strategies to increase resectability along with their tactics and tricks. Colorectal carcinoma is the third most commonly diagnosed canc...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: de Santiba es, Eduardo; Ardiles, Victoria; Alvarez, Fernando A; Busnelli, Virginia Cano; de Santiba es, Martin
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Medicine
Hepatology
Proctology
Abdominal surgery
Surgical Oncology
Medicine & Public Health
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13896-1
Summary: This book describes the diagnoses; staging and management of patients with colorectal liver metastases initially considered unresectable and portrays the different strategies to increase resectability along with their tactics and tricks. Colorectal carcinoma is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world and according to recent cancer statistics around 1.23 million patients are diagnosed each year. Of these patients, approximately 50% will develop liver metastases during the course of their disease and around 15-25% are found to have stage IV disease at diagnosis. Liver resection h
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XIX, 383 pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9783319138961
Index Number: RD651
CLC: R73
Contents: Part I Introduction. 1. Introduction -- 2. Liver surgical anatomy -- II. Global patient evaluation and oncological assessment -- 3. Resectability assessment with diagnostic imaging -- 4. Liver function evaluation before extreme liver surgery -- 5. Imaging-based preoperative planning -- 6. Choosing the best strategy. Multidisciplinary evaluation -- III -- Non-operative multimodal therapies -- 7. Conversion and neoadjuvant therapies -- 8. Portal embolization -- 9. Intraarterial chemotherapy -- 10. Radioembolization -- IV. Surgical strategies -- 11. Anesthetics management -- 12. Intraoperative

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