In the last two decades, laparoscopy has revolutionized the field of surgery. Many procedures previously performed with an open access are now routinely carried out with the laparoscopic approach. Several advantages are associated with laparoscopic surgery compared to open procedures: reduced pain due to smaller incisions and hemorrhaging, shorter hospital length of stay, and a lower incidence of wound infections. Liver transplantation (LT) brought a radical change in life expectancy of patients with hepatic endstage disease. Today, LT represents the standard of care for more than fifty hepatic pathologies, with excellent results in terms of survival. Surely, with laparoscopy and LT being one of the most continuously evolving challenges in medicine, their recent combination has represented an astonishing scientific progress. The intent of the present paper is to underline the current role of diagnostic and therapeutic laparoscopy in patients waiting for LT, in the living donor LT and in LT recipients.

Laparoscopy in liver transplantation: The future has arrived / Lai, Quirino; Rafael S., Pinheiro; LEVI SANDRI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA; Frattaroli, Fabrizio Maria; Berloco, Pasquale Bartolomeo; Rossi, Massimo; Spoletini, Gabriele; Melandro, Fabio; Guglielmo, Nicola; Di Laudo, Marco. - In: HPB SURGERY. - ISSN 1607-8462. - STAMPA. - 2012:148387(2012), pp. 1-7. [10.1155/2012/148387]

Laparoscopy in liver transplantation: The future has arrived

LAI, QUIRINO;LEVI SANDRI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA;FRATTAROLI, Fabrizio Maria;BERLOCO, Pasquale Bartolomeo;ROSSI, MASSIMO;SPOLETINI, GABRIELE;MELANDRO, FABIO;GUGLIELMO, NICOLA;
2012

Abstract

In the last two decades, laparoscopy has revolutionized the field of surgery. Many procedures previously performed with an open access are now routinely carried out with the laparoscopic approach. Several advantages are associated with laparoscopic surgery compared to open procedures: reduced pain due to smaller incisions and hemorrhaging, shorter hospital length of stay, and a lower incidence of wound infections. Liver transplantation (LT) brought a radical change in life expectancy of patients with hepatic endstage disease. Today, LT represents the standard of care for more than fifty hepatic pathologies, with excellent results in terms of survival. Surely, with laparoscopy and LT being one of the most continuously evolving challenges in medicine, their recent combination has represented an astonishing scientific progress. The intent of the present paper is to underline the current role of diagnostic and therapeutic laparoscopy in patients waiting for LT, in the living donor LT and in LT recipients.
2012
Hepatology; Surgery
01 Pubblicazione su rivista::01g Articolo di rassegna (Review)
Laparoscopy in liver transplantation: The future has arrived / Lai, Quirino; Rafael S., Pinheiro; LEVI SANDRI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA; Frattaroli, Fabrizio Maria; Berloco, Pasquale Bartolomeo; Rossi, Massimo; Spoletini, Gabriele; Melandro, Fabio; Guglielmo, Nicola; Di Laudo, Marco. - In: HPB SURGERY. - ISSN 1607-8462. - STAMPA. - 2012:148387(2012), pp. 1-7. [10.1155/2012/148387]
File allegati a questo prodotto
File Dimensione Formato  
Lai_ Liver-transplantation-laparoscopy2012.pdf

accesso aperto

Tipologia: Versione editoriale (versione pubblicata con il layout dell'editore)
Licenza: Creative commons
Dimensione 507.81 kB
Formato Adobe PDF
507.81 kB Adobe PDF

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11573/1095184
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? 2
  • Scopus 6
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact