[Liver hanging maneuver in the course of right hemihepatectomy: advantages and limitations].
Belghiti's liver hanging maneuver is now widely used for right hemihepatectomy or donor operation in living-related liver transplantation. This technique allows parenchymal transection to be performed without liver mobilization and avoiding tumour spread. On the basis of the first few years of world-wide experience we can now assess the advantages and limitations of this technique.
Frena
Antonio
A
Chirurgia Generale II - Ospedale Regionale - Bolzano, Italia.
Ogata
Satoshi
S
Varma
Deepak
D
Belghiti
Jacques
J
D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery