title: Thoracoabdominal approach in liver surgery: how, when, and why.
abstract: Liver resection can be performed with different surgical approaches whether abdominal or combined thoracoabdominal. This work focuses on the surgical technique for the thoracoabdominal approach in liver surgery, describing the technique, the rationale, and making a review of the current literature on such subject.
authors: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, MI, Italy, matteo.donadon@humanitas.it.
authors: Matteo
authors: M
authors: Donadon
authors: Guido
authors: G
authors: Costa
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Gatti
authors: Guido
authors: G
authors: Torzilli
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D013908:Thoracotomy