title: [Liver resection and transplantation for hepatic tumors].
abstract: Hepatic surgery has made substantial advances in the last two decades due to technical developments and improvements in perioperative management. This has reduced surgery dependent mortality to less than 5%, and provides the possibility of carrying out more substantial hepatic resections and to interpret the indications more liberally, also for tumours localized unfavorably. A widely standardized surgical technique as well as new possibilities for organ conservation and, in particular, immunosuppression mean that given suitable indications, liver transplantation is today regarded as a routine procedure for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. This work provides an overview of the current status of surgical therapy for the most frequent, benign liver tumours, as well as for hepatocellular and cholangiocellular carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, 45122, Hufelandstrasse 55, Essen, Germany. hauke.lang@uk-essen.de
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Broelsch
mesh_terms: D018248:Adenoma, Liver Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000473:pathology; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D020518:Focal Nodular Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography