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Open or Laparoscopic Liver Resection?

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Liver surgery is complex and technically demanding. A teamwork consisting in experienced surgeons and well-trained anaesthesiologists is mandatory to achieve optimal results. Expertise teams have incorporated minimally invasive techniques to their liver surgery armamentarium and now, it is a well-established approach for several indications. Since the first laparoscopic left-lateral sectionectomies in 1996, the progression of laparoscopic liver resections has been exponential and now, complex liver resections, major hepatectomies, sequential procedures and even living donation are being performed laparoscopically. We will provide an overview of indications, advantages and technical considerations of this approach.

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    Rubén Ciria, Maria Dolores Ayllon, Irene Gómez-Luque & Javier Briceño

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Ciria, R., Ayllon, M.D., Gómez-Luque, I., Briceño, J. (2017). Open or Laparoscopic Liver Resection?. In: Cuesta, M. (eds) Minimally Invasive Surgery for Upper Abdominal Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54301-7_27

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