Open, Laparoscopic and Robotic Hepatic Transection Tools and Methods /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Di Carlo, Isidoro (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Oncology.; Surgery.; Abdominal surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Abdominal Surgery.

Bleeding from the liver surface during hepatic transection is one of the main factors affecting mortality and morbidity of liver resection. For this reason, numerous devices have been developed that employ a variety of techniques to minimize parenchymal damage and so improve the safety of resection....