ALPPS for Locally Advanced Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Did Aggressive Surgery Lead to the Oncological Benefit? An International Multi-center Study.

Background: ALPPS is found to increase the resectability of primary and secondary liver malignancy at the advanced stage. The aim of the study was to verify the surgical and oncological outcome of ALPPS for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC).

Methods: The study cohort was based on the ALPPS registry with patients from 31 international centers between August 2009 and January 2018.

Liver resection using heat coagulative necrosis: indications and limits of a new method.

Background: A new approach towards achieving bloodless liver resection is the use of heat coagulative necrosis. The latest stage of this technique is a four-probe device (Habib Sealer), which we used for a variety of resections to find the best indications for the method.

Methods: Between 2005 and 2006 we performed 28 liver resections in 20 consecutive patients.