New Technologies for Liver Resections

This text offers a review of developments in technologies for surgical resection of the liver. Issues discussed range from the preoperative evaluation of liver function, the intraoperative use of surgical devices such as ultrasonography and isotopes and alternative approaches to resections such as laparoscopy, to complementary or alternative procedures like arterial chemoebolization, pump infusion chemotherapy and living-related donor liver transplantation. The book covers physiopathological, surgical and technical aspects.