Hybrid ALPPS

Jun LI from the University of Hamburg has developed a new approach of ALPPS to treat the tumor infiltration of the right portal vein or biliary bifurcation. 

Jun calls the combination of both, parechymal transection in the first stage and portal vein embolization one day later, as "HYPBRID ALPPS". 

He describes this approach in a letter to the ANNALS Of SURGERY that is in PRESS. 

The important information is not only the technique refinement, but the concept of non-touch technique to treat hepatic malignancy in ALPPS.

Plaese find this link to Juns contribution: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=25072445

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