Virtual hepatectomy and metastasectomy 3D simulation using an automated and semiautomated tool applied to preoperative CT in the treatment of colorectal cancer metastases.

Colorectal cancer represents the most common malignancy of the gastrointestinal tract and the second most frequently diagnosed malignancy in adults. The most common site of metastases is the liver and 40% of patients in stage IV have liver only disease. Hepatic metastases are the major determinants of morbidity and mortality in these patients, with surgery being the treatment of choice or even curative in these cases.

Disposal of donor livers in Brazil: how to optimize their utilization rate in transplants?

Objective: To understand the professionals´ perception of the use of deceased donor liver for transplantation, the reasons to decline them, and propose strategies to increase their use safely.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive qualitative-quantitative study. Professionals working with liver transplantation answered a self-administered, structured, and electronic questionnaire comprising 17 questions distributed into four sessions (demographic factors, perception of use of organs, reasons for disposal, and measures to favor their usage).

Liver transplantation: history, outcomes and perspectives.

In 1958 Francis Moore described the orthotopic liver transplantation technique in dogs. In 1963, Starzl et al. performed the first liver transplantation.

Intestinal and multivisceral transplantation.

Intestinal transplantation has shown exceptional growth over the past 10 years. At the end of the 1990's, intestinal transplantation moved out of the experimental realm to become a routine practice in treating patients with severe complications related to total parenteral nutrition and intestinal failure. In the last years, several centers reported an increasing improvement in survival outcomes (about 80%), during the first 12 months after surgery, but long-term survival is still a challenge.

Primary hepatic carcinoid tumor: case report and literature review.

Primary hepatic carcinoid tumors are extremely rare neoplasms derived from hormone-producing neuroendocrine cells. It is difficult to make their diagnosis before biopsy, surgical resection or necropsy. A recent publication described only 94 cases of these tumors.