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Associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS): the Brazilian experience.
Arq Bras Cir Dig
March 2014
Background: Postoperative liver failure consequent to insufficiency of remnant liver is a feared complication in patients who underwent extensive liver resections. To induce rapid and significant hepatic hypertrophy, associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) has been recently developed for patients which tumor is previously considered unresectable.
Aim: To present the Brazilian experience with ALPPS approach.