Extreme Hepatic Surgery and Other Strategies Increasing Resectabilit
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 carcin
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Extreme Hepatic Surgery and Other Strategies
Eduardo de Santibañes Victoria Ardiles • Fernando A. Alvarez Virginia Cano Busnelli Martin de Santibañes Editors
Extreme Hepatic Surgery and Other Strategies Increasing Resectability in Colorectal Liver Metastases
Editors Eduardo de Santibañes General Surgery Service and Liver Transplant Unit Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina
Virginia Cano Busnelli General Surgery Service and Liver Transplant Unit Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina
Victoria Ardiles General Surgery Service and Liver Transplant Unit Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina
Martin de Santibañes General Surgery Service and Liver Transplant Unit Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fernando A. Alvarez General Surgery Service and Liver Transplant Unit Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina
ISBN 978-3-319-13895-4 ISBN 978-3-319-13896-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13896-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017946481 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To my mentors, Enrique Marcelo Beveraggi, Thomas E. Starzl, Víctor Pérez, and Henri Bismuth, with great gratitude. And to all my trainees, for sharing their passion with me. Eduardo de Santibañes
Foreword
Liver surgery is always improving, and I wonder when it will stop. Probably never. At the beginning, the liver was considered a bloody pouch that was too risky to operate on or even to get in. The first real changes occurred in the 1950s, and included the anatomy of Couinaud bringing a real road-map
