title: Bleeding in Hepatic Surgery: Sorting through Methods to Prevent It.
abstract: Liver resections are demanding operations which can have life threatening complications although they are performed by experienced liver surgeons. The parameter "Blood Loss" has a central role in liver surgery, and different strategies to minimize it are a key to improve results. Moreover, recently, new technologies are applied in the field of liver surgery, having one goal: safer and easier liver operations. The aim of this paper is to review the different principal solutions to the problem of blood loss in hepatic surgery, focusing on technical aspects of new devices.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milan-Bicocca, Via Donizetti 106, 20052 Monza, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: Mattia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garancini
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Uggeri
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Degrate
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nespoli
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gianotti
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nespoli
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Uggeri