The introduction of navigation in liver surgery in Brazil.
The authors thoroughly report the development, the technical aspects and the performance of the first navigated liver resections, by laparotomy and laparoscopy, in Brazil, done at the National Cancer Institute, Ministry of Health, using a surgical navigator.
José Alencar Gomes da Silva National Cancer Institute, Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Mauro Monteiro
MM
Correia
José Alencar Gomes da Silva National Cancer Institute, Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
José Paulo de
JP
Jesus
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.
Raul
R
Feitosa
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.
Dário Augusto
DA
Oliveira
D001938:Brazil; D004867:Equipment Design; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation