Techniques in Liver Surgery

Part I. Basic Anatomy: 1. Surgical anatomy of the liver and classification of hepatectomies; 2. Approaches in liver surgery; Part II. Standard Techniques of Liver Resection: 3. Right hepatectomy; 4. Left hepatectomy; 5. Left lobectomy; 6. Liver segmentectomies; 7. Liver surgery in the cirrhotic patient; 8. Extended right hepatectomy; 9. Extended left hepatectomy; Part III. Complex Techniques of Liver Resection: 10. 'Central liver' resection; 11. Surgery of the caudate lobe; Part IV. Techniques with Vascular Involvement: 12. Total vascular exclusion of the liver; 13. Liver resection with involvement of retrohepatic vena cava; Part V. General Aspects of Liver Resection: 14. Resection technique; 15. Evaluation of the hepatic functional reserve; 16. Tolerance of liver ischemia; 17. Intra-operative ultrasonography; 18. Indications for liver resection; 19. Pre-operative portal embolization; Part VI. Surgery for Liver Cysts and Trauma: 20. Surgery for non-parasitic liver cysts; 21. Surgery for liver hydatidosis; 22. Liver trauma; 23. Intra-arterial chemotherapy; 24. Intra-arterial infusion for locoregional chemotherapy; Part VII. Biliary Tumours: 25. Resection of the hilar cholangiocarcinoma; Part VIII. Innovative Techniques: 26. Major liver resection using hypothermic perfusion; Part IX. Standard Techniques of Liver Transplantation: 27. Liver procurement for transplantation; 28. Conventional transplantation technique; 29. The 'piggy-back' technique; 30. Technical problems and complications of liver transplantation; Part X. Advanced Techniques of Liver Transplantation: 31. Reduced grafts and split liver transplantation; 32. Transplantations from living related donors; 33. Auxiliary liver transplantation; 34. Intestinal and multiorgan transplantation; Appendix.