title: Present status and future perspectives of ALPPS (associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy).
abstract: First International Consensus Meeting, Hamburg, Germany, 27-28 February 2015 More than 160 participants took part in the conference for 2 days. A total of 58 world renown experts on ALPPS (associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy) were invited from all over the world. The faculty was divided into many different subgroups that were in contact during the 2-3 months before the conference analyzing all the most important aspects of this technique and summarizing it in a common structured work to be presented during the congress, giving final recommendations in the form of bulleted point statements. The aim was to gain a solid basis of preliminary agreement on many controversial aspects of ALPPS. A poster area was also organized with 35 posters reporting mostly mono-institutional experiences on single aspects of the technique from all five continents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery & Medico-Surgical Specialties, General & Oncologic Surgery Unit, Vittorio-Emanuele University Hospital of Catania, University of Catania, Via Plebiscito 628, 95122, Catania, Italy.|Semmelweiss University of Budapest, Asklepios Campus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Donati
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery & Medico-Surgical Specialties, General & Oncologic Surgery Unit, Vittorio-Emanuele University Hospital of Catania, University of Catania, Via Plebiscito 628, 95122, Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Basile
authors.affiliation: Semmelweiss University of Budapest, Asklepios Campus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.|Department of General & Abdominal Surgery, Asklepios Barmbek Hospital, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Karl J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Oldhafer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D008026:Ligation; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic
keywords: ALPPS; consensus conference; extended hepatectomy; in situ split; liver hypertrophy; liver regeneration; liver resections; liver tumors; meeting; portal ligation