title: Commentary on "can we improve the morbidity and mortality associated with the associating liver partition with portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) procedure in the management of colorectal liver metastases?".
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Electronic address: jvauthey@mdanderson.org.
authors.forename: Jean-Nicolas
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Vauthey
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mise
mesh_terms: D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male