Medicine
Associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS): the Brazilian experience.
O. Torres, E. Fernandes, Cássio Virgílio Cavalcante de Oliveira, C. X. Lima, F. Waechter, J. Moraes-Junior, M. Linhares, R. D. Pinto, P. Herman, M. Machado
2013ABCD-Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva-Brazilian Archives of Digestive Surgery
tlooto Summary
The ALPPS approach can enable resection in patients with lesions previously considered unresectable and induces rapid liver hypertrophy avoiding liver failure in most patients, however still has high morbidity and mortality.
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TORRES, O., et al. Associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS): The brazilian experience. ABCD-Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva-Brazilian Archives of Digestive Surgery, 2013, 26 1: 40–3.