Liver transplantation (LT) and liver resection techniques evolved together, such as two branches of the same tree, over the last 50 years. At any moment, the advancements in one of the two fields were translated into the other one.
1 Example of this deep interplay are split-LT, living donor LT, laparoscopic and robotic LT,
2 and surgical techniques for extreme liver surgery.
3 The ante-situm liver resection technique presented in this video
4 was developed for tumors at hepatocaval junction needing major hepatectomy under a long period of total vascular exclusion, usually needed for performing parenchymal transection and vascular reconstruction.
5 The final aspect made it similar to an auto-liver transplantation. …
