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Living Donor Liver Graft Back-Table Procedure
Trimming is performed with a focus on the reconstruction of blood flow. If two or more portal veins or bile ducts are present due to anatomical...
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Laparoscopic Surgery for Gallbladder Polyps and Early-Stage Gallbladder Cancer
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is widely performed, to treat such benign gallbladder diseases as gallbladder polyps and cholecystitis. Recently, it is...
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Hepatic Artery Anastomosis
Hepatic Arterial Anastomosis is the most important procedure in living donor liver transplantation. For optimal stump function, it is critical to...
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Pancreatico-duodenectomy
Extrahepatic bile duct cancer is defined as the presence of a malignant tumor arising at the biliary tree distal to second-order branches....
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Open Resection of Chledochal Cyst
Choledochal cyst is a relatively rare disease and is predominantly found in Asian women. The treatment involves complete surgical removal of the...
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Recipient Total Hepatectomy
Recipient total hepatectomy is an important step for a successful liver transplantation. Specifically, in order to reduce biliary complications,...
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Central Bisectionectomy
Central bisectionectomy (mesohepatectomy) is a procedure used to resect the central region of the liver (IVA, IVB, V, and VIII) that drains into the...
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Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy
Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LPD) is one of the potential options for benign and low-grade malignant tumors in the left-sided pancreas. Many...
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Laparoscopic Right Hemihepatectomy
As the potential applications for LLR have expanded considerably, laparoscopic left lateral sectionectomy is now regarded as a standard treatment...
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Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy
During the past 25 years, the feasibility and safety of minimally invasive pancreatic surgery have been established progressively. Although...
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Radical Antegrade Modular Pancreatosplenectomy (RAMPS)
Conventional distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer in the body or tail proceeds in a left-to-right retrograde fashion, which results in...
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Laparoscopic and Robotic Excision of Choledochal Cyst
Advances in laparoscopic surgery and technique have established laparoscopic excision of the choledochal cyst as a common surgical procedure. It...
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Left Hemihepatectomy
Left hemi-hepatectomy is a relatively easier surgical procedure than the other major hepatectomies. However, an indolent approach to left hemi-liver...
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Extended Cholecystectomy (Wedge Resection)
Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is known to have a poor prognosis, and curative radical resection is the gold standard treatment. The factors affecting the...
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Essential Tips for Reconstruction After Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Pancreatico-enteric anastomosis is the most critical procedure in pancreaticoduodenectomy, because post-operative pancreatic fistula (POPF) sometimes...
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Essential Tips for Pancreatic and Duodenal Surgery: Vessel Resection
A combined vascular resection is indicated for a few patients with periampullary cancers and cancers of pancreatic body and tail. In this chapter, we...
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Use of Intraoperative Ultrasonography
Intraoperative ultrasonography is an important technique to find, resect, and treat lesions. Laparoscopic ultrasound is a useful tool for...
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Spleen-Preserving Distal Pancreatectomy
Exposure to blood-borne antigens elicits immune response of spleen primarily. Spleen plays an important role in the patient’s immune system. Spleen...
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Biliary Reconstruction
The duct-to-duct anastomosis is now the standard procedure for biliary reconstruction and has better outcomes than the hepaticojejunostomy...
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Reconstruction of Hepatic Vein and Portal Vein
To ensure a successful liver transplantation (LT), one must secure adequate hepatic arterial and portal inflow, as well as good outflow through the...