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Prevention and Treatment of Major Complications After Liver Surgery (and Liver Transplantation)

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In recent decades we have witnessed a significant reduction in morbidity and mortality after liver resection (LR) (less than 30 % morbidity and less than 5 % mortality), which is related to several factors: better selection and preparation of patients for surgery; better knowledge of hepatic surgical anatomy; possibility of calculating, prior to surgery, the minimum liver remnant volume for maintaining liver function; better instruments for parenchyma transection aimed at reducing blood loss; and lastly liver transplantation, which has developed alongside liver surgery and facilitated the training of surgeons.

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    Pascual Parrilla Paricio, Ricardo Robles Campos & Francisco Sánchez Bueno MD

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Paricio, P.P., Campos, R.R., Bueno, F.S. (2014). Prevention and Treatment of Major Complications After Liver Surgery (and Liver Transplantation). In: Cuesta, M., Bonjer, H. (eds) Treatment of Postoperative Complications After Digestive Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4354-3_11

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