Associating Liver Partition and Portal Vein Ligation for Staged Hepatectomy in 2020

Abstract

Associated liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) is proposed as a surgical option for the patients with no other surgical option with failed portal vein embolization or extremely small future liver remnant. Since the first publication of the technique in 2012, this technique evolved nowadays to partial ALPPS and minimal-invasive ALPPS. Conventional two-stage hepatectomy remains a feasible option for older patients and those with a liver to body-weight-ratio of > 0,4.