Stapler technique for extrahepatic vascular control during hepatic resection.
A technique is described for extrahepatic division of the hepatic veins and portal structures to be resected utilizing a vascular stapler. The authors have employed this technique in more than 200 consecutive cases of hepatic resection. No major hepatic venous bleeding has been identified.
Scudamore
C H
CH
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Buczkowski
A
A
Chung
S W
SW
Poostizadeh
A
A
D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery*; D017792:Surgical Stapling / Q000379:methods*